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Southeastern Loloish languages

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The Southeastern Loloish languages, also known as Southeastern Ngwi, are a branch of the Loloish languages within the Lolo-Burmese group of Tibeto-Burman, part of the Sino-Tibetan family, spoken in southern China and Vietnam among the Yi people. A 2011 classification identifies four major branches, Nisu, Sani-Azha, Highland Phula and Riverine Phula, encompassing dozens of individual languages, and the group is also called Axi-Puoid in a 2012 classification.

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