The Lisoish languages are a branch of the Loloish languages proposed by Ziwo Lama (2012) that includes Lisu and several of the Yi languages. David Bradley (1997) considers Lisoish languages to be part of the Central Loloish branch. Languages and classifications Lama (2012) David Bradley (2007) considers Lisu, Lipo, and Lamu to form a Lisoid subgroup. Other Lisoish languages are: Miqie (Micha) Lamu Limi Lalo languages: Lalo, Yangliu, Eka, Mangdi, Xuzhang Taloid languages: Talu, Lavu, Lang'e, Tagu, Popei, Naruo, Kua-nsi, Kuamasi, Laizisi, Zibusi, Sonaga, Gomotage The following two of the six Yi languages (fangyan 方言) officially recognized by the Chinese government belong to Lama's Lisoish clade. (The remaining four are Nisoish.) Western Yi (Lalo 腊罗) Central Yi (Lolopo 倮倮泼) Names for Lolopo varieties include Enipu 厄尼蒲, Qiangyi 羌夷, Tuzu 土族, and Xiangtang 香堂. Chen (2010) Chen (2010) lists the following dialects for "Lolo" (倮倮) languages, which corresponds to Lama's (2012) Lisoish clade. The position of Lisu is not addressed. Also listed are the counties where each respective dialect is spoken. Lolo 倮倮方言 Lolo, Luóluó 倮倮次方言 (): 600,000 speakers in all counties of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture Lalu, Làlǔ 腊鲁次方言 Lalu, Làlǔ 腊鲁 (): 250,000 speakers in Dali, Weishan, Midu, Yongping, Baoshan, etc. Lalo, Làluó 腊罗 (): 250,000 speakers in Dali, Weishan, Yunxian, Changning, Nanjian, Lincang, Shuangjiang, Midu, Jingdong, Jinggu, etc. Lipo, Lǐpō 里泼次方言 Lipo, Lǐpō 里泼 (): 200,000 speakers in Luquan, Wuding, Yongsheng, Huaping, etc. Lavu, Lāwù 拉务 (): 50,000 speakers in Yongsheng Talu, Tǎlǔ 塔鲁 (): 50,000 speakers in Yongsheng, Huaping, etc. Toloza, Tánglángràng 堂郎让 (): 2,000+ speakers in Tai'an Township, Lijiang County Other languages The Chuxiong Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer (2013:364) lists the following cognate percentages between Lolopo 罗罗濮 and other Yi languages in Chuxiong Prefecture. Ache 阿车: 74.86% (211/282) Chesu 车苏: 55% (155/282) Luowu 罗武: 75.89% (214/282) Shansu 山苏: 78.4% (221/282) Lipo 里濮: 93.36% (253/271) Yang, et al. (2017) lists the following languages as part of the Taloid branch, whose speakers are descendants of soldiers sent by the Nanzhao Kingdom from the Dali region to be stationed in northwestern Yunnan. Taloid languages are most closely related to Lalo, Lolopo, and Lipo, all of which share the lexical innovation a¹toL for 'fire'. They are spoken primarily in Yongsheng County and Heqing County. Popei 泼佩 is spoken in Huaping County, while Gomotage is spoken in Eryuan County. Talu 他留, Nazan 纳咱 Lang'e 崀峨, Lawu 拉务 Tagu 塔古 Popei 泼佩 (Shuitian