Luren language

Lu, or Luren (卢人), is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Guizhou, China. The Luren language may have been extinct since the 1960s.^[1][5]

Lu
Luren
Native to	China
Region	Guizhou
Ethnicity	Luren
Extinct	1960s?[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic? Macro-Bai? Cai–Long[2][3] Longjia–Luren?[2][4] Lu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	lure1234

Luren is closely related to Caijia and Longjia.^[2][1] However, the classification of these languages within Sino-Tibetan is uncertain. Zhengzhang (2010) suggests that Caijia and Bai form a Macro-Bai branch,^[6] while Sagart argues that Caijia and Waxiang represent an early split from Old Chinese.^[7]

In Dafang County, Guizhou, the Lu people are located in Huangni 黄泥乡, Dashui 大水乡, Gamu 嘎木乡, and Shachang 纱厂镇 townships (Dafang County Gazetteer 1996:157).

See also

• Macro-Bai comparative vocabulary list (Wiktionary)