Lipo language

Not to be confused with the Lolopo language, of the Yi people.

The Lipo language (native name: li55 pʰɔ21; Chinese: 傈坡语), also known as eastern Lisu, is a language of the Lisu people of China, similar to but not intelligible with the Lisu language proper. Some Lipo are classified by the government as Lisu, others as Yi. In some areas, the people prefer the name Lolopo (or Lolongo).

Lipo
Lolopo, Lolongo
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Lisu
Native speakers	250,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lipo–Lolopo Lipo
Writing system	Pollard script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lpo
Glottolog	lipo1242

Some Lipo (Lipa 利帕) speakers in Bingchuan and Yongsheng counties are also referred to as Tujia (土家) (Yunnan 1956:19-20).^[2]