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Lama language (Bai)

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Lama
Native toChina
RegionSouthwestern China
Native speakers
80,000 (2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lay
Glottolog(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)
lama1289
ELPLama (shared)

Lama is a Bai language spoken along the Lancang River (upper Mekong) in Lanping County and Weixi County, in western Yunnan, China.[1][2]

Up to the 16th edition of Ethnologue (2009), the code lay was assigned to "Lama (Myanmar)", listed in the index of languages by C. F. Voegelin and F. M. Voegelin (1977) as a Nungish language of Myanmar having 3,000 speakers. In 2013 the reference name for the code was changed to "Bai, Lama", identifying one of two Northern Bai languages, the other being Panyi Bai.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Eric (2013). "Change Request Documentation: 2013-007". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority.