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ISO 639-3 · lwulwu
Sino-Tibetan family

Lawu

Lawu is a language of the Loloish branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in China.

8b · Nearly Extinct
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
lwu
Glottocode
lawu1238
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level

Facts

NameLawu
Also calledLawu language

Vitality

EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Sino-Tibetan to Lawu

The branches above Lawu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

289Sino-Tibetanfamily115Tibeto-Burmanbranch82Burmo-Qiangicbranch69Lolo-Burmesebranch58LoloishbranchlwuLawulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

China247 languages in the index

Also spoken in China

zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafewuuWu ChineseSino-Tibetan · 80.7 m5 · DevelopingvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · Vigorous