Siloid languages

Siloid
Geographic distribution	Northern Laos and Indochina
Ethnicity	Si La people
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Siloid
Language codes
Glottolog	sila1251

The Siloid languages belong to the Southern Loloish (Hanoish) branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The Siloid branch was first proposed by Hsiu (2016). ^[1]

Most Siloid languages are spoken in Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, with smaller numbers of speakers living in China (Yunnan) and Vietnam (Lai Châu Province).

Languages

The Siloid languages are:

• Sila
• Khir
• Cosao
• Paza
• Phana’
• Wanyä
• Akeu
• Gokhy

Luma is also closely related to Akeu according to Lew (2023). ^[2]

Classification

The internal classifications of Siloid languages were analyzed in a 2016 computational phylogenetic lexical analysis by Hsiu (2016). ^[1]

Siloid

• Wanyä
• (core branch)
  • Phusang
  • Khir, Cosao
  • Sila (Sida)

The Siloid classification above was subsequently revised by Hsiu (2018) ^[3] as follows.

Siloid

• Luma, Pala
• Akeu, Gokhy
• Wanyä (Muchi)
• Sila cluster:
  • Sila, Sida
  • Paza (Phusang)
  • Khir, Cosao
  • Phana

References

1. Hsiu, Andrew. 2016. The classification of Cosao: a Lolo-Burmese language of China and Laos . Presented at the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium, Guwahati, India.
2. Lew, Sigrid (2023). "Notes on Luma, a Southern Ngwi language in Laos". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. 16 (2). Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press: xx–xxx. ISSN   1836-6821 . Retrieved 2024-06-15.
3. Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Classifications of some lesser-known Lolo-Burmese languages.

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