Aluo (autonym: ;Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30 Naluo) is a Loloish language spoken by the Yi people of China. It is also known by its Nasu name (Laka, Gan Yi, Yala, Lila, Niluo).
Names Gao (2017:31) notes that in Wuding County, Yunnan, Aluo and Naluo are equivalent terms for the same Yi subgroup. Naluo in the Wuding County Gazetteer (1990) actually refers to Aluo speakers (Gao 2017:31). Naluo is not to be confused with Naruo, a Taloid (Central Loloish) language of northern Yunnan.
Locations Aluo is spoken in north Wuding, Luquan, and Yuanmou counties, Yunnan, and in Huili and Miyi counties, Sichuan. Gao (2017)Gao, Katie B. 2017. Dynamics of Language Contact in China: Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Variation in Yunnan. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. reports that Aluo (autonym: ; also known as the Gan Yi) is spoken in northwestern Wuding County as well as in Sichuan. YYFC (1983)YYFC (Yunnan University for Nationalities and Guiding Committee of Studying and Working on Yunnan Minority Languages 云南民族大学格云南民族语文指导工作委员会编). 1983. 云南彝语方言 词语汇编 [A Collection of Yi Dialects’ Lexicon in Yunnan] (Handwritten Mimeograph). documents Aluo (autonym: ) of Dongpo Township 东坡傣族乡, Wuding County, Yunnan.
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External links An open access archive collection of Aluo (Yi) recordings are available at Kaipuleohone.