Naluo

YLO

threatened

Alternate Names: Gan Yi, Laluo, Naruo, Shui Yi, Shuitian

Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Yi.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Ngwi-Burmese
Ngwi
Northern

Demographics: 15,000 (Bradley 2007). Mostly in Yunnan, with about 2,000 in Pingjiang and Futian townships of Panzhihua (Bradley 2007).

Language Use: Moribund to extinct in Sichuan, potentially endangered to endangered in Yunnan (Bradley 2007).

Nation of Origin: China

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.