Loloish Languages - Internal Classification - Lama (2012)

Lama (2012)

Lama (2012) classified 36 Lolo–Burmese languages based on computational analyses of shared phonological innovations. He finds the Mondzish languages to be a separate branch of Lolo-Burmese, which Lama considers to have split off before Burmish did. The rest of the Loloish languages are as follows:

Loloish

Hanoish: Jinuo, Akha–Hani, etc. (See)



Lahoish: Lahu (Kucong)



Naxish: Naxi, Namuyi



Nusoish: Nusu, Zauzou (Rouruo)

Ni-Li-Ka

Kazhuoish: Kazhuo (Katso), Samu (Samatao), Sanie



Lisoish: Lisu, Lolopo, etc. (See)


Nisoish: Nisu, Pholo, Axi, etc. (See)







The Nisoish, Lisoish, and Kazhuoish clusters are closely related, forming a clade ("Ni-Li-Ka") at about the same level as the other five branches of Loloish. Lama's Naxish clade has been classified as Qiangic rather than Loloish by Guillaume Jacques & Alexis Michaud (2011) (see Qiangic languages).

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