Awu

Nationality Classification
彝族 Yi
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
彝语东南部方言阿乌话
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Awu
ISO 639-3 Code
yiu
Language Stock Classification
藏缅语族 Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Yunnan Province: primarily in northern Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture—Mile and Luxi counties—and southern Qujing prefecture—Shizong and Luoping counties.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
20,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2002