Enu

ENU

threatened

Alternate Names: Ximoluo

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 76% with Biyo , (17 % of similarities are Han loanwords that both have borrowed), 74% with Kaduo ,.

Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Hani.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Ngwi-Burmese
Ngwi
Southern

Demographics: 30,000 (Dai Qingxia and Duan Kuangle 1995).

Language Use: Some young people, all adults.

Typology: Tonal, 3 tones.

Nation of Origin: China

Other Comments: Ximoluo is an exonym given to Enu by other Hani peoples. Not known if it is pejorative.