Lawu language

Lawu (autonym: la21 wu21)[2] is a highly endangered unclassified Loloish language of Yunnan, China.

It has about 50 elderly speakers in Jiuha village 旧哈村,[3] Shuitang district 水塘镇, Xinping County, Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

There are possibly also some speakers in Jiujia District 九甲乡, Zhenyuan County, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

Andrew Hsiu (2017)[5] suggests that Lawu is related to Awu of Xiaopingzi 小坪子, Daping Township 大坪乡, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, China,[6] which is documented in Lu & Lu (2011).

Lewu, which is currently extinct, may have been related to Lawu, but classification is uncertain due to the paucity of data.