| Piyo | |
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| Native to | China,Laos |
| Ethnicity | Hani |
Native speakers | (120,000 cited 1997)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | byo |
| Glottolog | biyo1243 |
Piyo (Biyo, Biyue;pi31jɔ31 (Jing 2015:11)) is aLoloish language of China. The people are ethnicHani, and the "Bi-Ka" varieties (Biyo,Kaduo,Enu) are traditionally considered dialects of Hani. However, in the classifications of Bradley (2007) and Lama (2012), they are more distinct from Hani than other related languages are. Lama classifiesMpi as closer to Biyo dialect than Kaduo is.
InMojiang County, the Upper Biyo (a31tʰa̠31pi31jɔ31) and Lower Biyo (a31va̠31pi31jɔ31) varieties are mutually intelligible (Jing 2015:11).
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