Tholo language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Tanglang

|altname=Tholo

|nativename=吐鲁沙, Toloza

|pronunciation={{IPA|bo|thólōzɑ̄|}}

|region=Yunnan

|states=China

|ethnicity=

|speakers=2,000

|date=2009

|ref={{Cite web |title=Tanglang |url=http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/Tanglang.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703135507/http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/numeral/Tanglang.htm |archive-date=2015-07-03 |access-date=2012-09-26 |website=Numeral Systems of the World's Languages |language=en}}

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tibeto-Burman

|fam3=Lolo–Burmese

|fam4=Loloish

|fam5=Lisoish

|iso3=ytl

|glotto=tang1372

|glottorefname=Tanglang-Toloza

|map2=Lang Status 80-VU.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Tholo is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Tanglang ({{zh|堂郎语}}), or Tholo (autonym: {{IPA|tʰo55 lo33 zɑ33}}), is a Loloish language spoken by 947 people in 8 villages of southern Tai'an Township 太安乡, Lijiang County, Yunnan, including in Hongmai 红麦{{Cite web |title=Yùlóng nàxīzú zìzhìxiàn tàiān xiāng hóngmài cūn wěihuì > cūn qíng gàikuàng |script-title=zh:玉龙纳西族自治县太安乡红麦村委会 > 村情概况 |trans-title=Hongmai Village Committee, Tai'an Township, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County > Village Situation |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=237017 |url-status=dead |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |access-date=2016-04-12 |archive-date=2018-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927212239/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=237017 }}{{Cite conference |last=Bradley |first=David |date=2004 |title=Endangered Central Ngwi Languages of Central Yunnan |url=https://www.academia.edu/5737342 |conference=37th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Lund University, Sweden |type=Keynote Presentation |language=en |access-date=2016-04-16 |archive-date=2021-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811152131/https://www.academia.edu/5737342 |url-status=live }} and Shuijing 水井村 villages. Tanglang has been in long-term contact with Bai, and is also in contact with Naxi. The speakers' name for the language is {{IPA|tʰo42 lo42}}.