Lope language

{{Short description|Loloish language spoken in China}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Lope

| altname = Awu

| pronunciation = {{IPA|bo|lo̠˨˩˦pʰɯ̠˨˩|}}

| states = China

| region = Yunnan

| ethnicity =

| speakers = 20,000

| date = 2002

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan

| fam2 = Tibeto-Burman

| fam3 = Lolo–Burmese

| fam4 = Loloish

| fam5 = Nisoish

| fam6 = Southeastern Loloish

| iso3 = yiu

| glotto = awuu1235

| glottorefname = Southern Awu (Lope)

}}

Awu ({{zh|s=阿务}}), also known as Lope (autonym: {{IPA|lo214 pʰɯ21}}Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30), is a Loloish language of China. Awu is spoken in Luxi, Mile, Luoping, and Shizong counties (Ethnologue). It is closely related to Nisu (Lama 2012).Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). [https://uta-ir.tdl.org/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/11161/Lama_uta_2502D_11591.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages]. Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington.

Northern Awu is a distinct language. Ethnologue lists Northern Awu and Southern Awu as dialects.

YYFC (1983)YYFC (Yunnan University for Nationalities and Guiding Committee of Studying and Working on Yunnan Minority Languages 云南民族大学格云南民族语文指导工作委员会编). 1983. 云南彝语方言 词语汇编 [A Collection of Yi Dialects’ Lexicon in Yunnan] (Handwritten Mimeograph). documents Awu (阿乌) as spoken in Jieyupo, Shemu Village, Dongshan Township (东山公社舍木大队捷雨坡村), Mile County, Yunnan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=166794 |title=弥勒县东山镇舍木村委会吉雨坡村 |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=2017-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920093310/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=166794 |url-status=dead }}