| Meuma | |
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| Mengwu | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | < 10 (2013)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Meuma (autonym:mɯ55mɑ33) is aLoloish language spoken in Xinzhai 新寨,[3] Mada Village 马达村, Daping Township 大坪镇,Malipo County, Yunnan. There are several semi-fluent elderly speakers, with no fluent speakers left.[1]
The Meuma are also calledMengwu 孟武 by the Han Chinese (Malipo County Gazetteer 麻栗坡县志 (2000)).
Meuma is most closely related toSamu,Sanie, andKatso of central Yunnan, thus belonging to Lama'sKazhuoish branch (Hsiu 2013, 2017).[2]
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||