Jino language
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Jino, or Jinuo, is a pair of Loloish languages
spoken by the Jino people of Yunnan
. The two languages, Youle (10,000 speakers) and Buyuan (1000 speakers out of an ethnic population of 20,000), are not mutually intelligible. There is no official written form. Most Jino also speak one of the Tai languages
or Chinese.
Loloish languages
The Loloish languages, also known as Ngwi or in China as Yi, are a family of fifty to a hundred languages of the Tibeto-Burman language family. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relatives. Both the Loloish and Burmish branches are well defined, as is their superior node, Lolo–Burmese...
spoken by the Jino people of Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
. The two languages, Youle (10,000 speakers) and Buyuan (1000 speakers out of an ethnic population of 20,000), are not mutually intelligible. There is no official written form. Most Jino also speak one of the Tai languages
Tai languages
The Tai or Zhuang–Tai languages are a branch of the Tai–Kadai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Burma's Shan language;...
or Chinese.