You (2013:85) reports that the
na21 zu21 (Naruo 纳儒) language is spoken by the following Yi subgroups. •
Zhili 支里 (
autonym:
Naruo 纳儒): Nanhua Township, District 1,
Yongsheng County 永胜县一区南华乡 •
Luo 倮族 (autonym:
Naruo 纳儒): Zhongcheng Township, District 4, Yongsheng County 永胜县四区忠诚乡 •
Zi Yi 子彝 (autonym:
Naruo 纳儒): Xilang Township, District 3, Yongsheng County 永胜县三区习朗乡 On the other hand, the
Yongsheng County Gazetteer (1989:637) lists the following subgroups within Shuitian 水田. •
Shuitian 水田 (autonym:
Naru 纳儒) •
Shui Yi 水彝 subgroup (autonym:
Naruo 纳若) •
Luoluo 倮倮 subgroup (autonym:
Xiqima 洗期麻; also called
Li 傈/黎) Other varieties are: •
Naru 纳儒 of southern and central
Yongsheng County (pop. 7,000) and southern
Huaping County (pop. 4,500) •
Naruo 纳若 (Zhili) of
Yongsheng County and
Huaping County, spoken by about 12,000 people. It may be the same as Xiaoliangshan Nosu.
Lopi (Shuitian 水田) is an essentially extinct language, although there are more than 15,000 people belonging to the ethnic group in
Panzhihua, Sichuan (in Futian 福田 and Pingjiang 平江 Townships) and in northern Yunnan. Yang, et al. (2017) and in Xianrenhe Village 仙人河村, Dachang Township 大厂乡 (
Yongsheng County Gazetteer 1989:637). ==References==