Meuma language

Meuma (autonym: mɯ55 mɑ33) is a Loloish language spoken in Xinzhai 新寨,^[3] Mada Village 马达村, Daping Township 大坪镇, Malipo County, Yunnan. There are several semi-fluent elderly speakers, with no fluent speakers left.^[1]

Meuma
Mengwu
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	< 10 (2013)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Kazhuoish[2] Meuma
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

The Meuma are also called Mengwu 孟武 by the Han Chinese (Malipo County Gazetteer 麻栗坡县志 (2000)).

Classification

Meuma is most closely related to Samu, Sanie, and Katso of central Yunnan, thus belonging to Lama's Kazhuoish branch (Hsiu 2013, 2017).^[2]