Aluo language

Aluo (autonym: '; Naluo"') is a Loloish language spoken by the Yi people of China. It is also known by its Nasu name "Laka" (also "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) reports that Aluo (autonym: ; also known as the Gan Yi) is spoken in northwestern Wuding County as well as in Sichuan. YYFC (1983) documents Aluo (autonym: ) of Dongpo Township 东坡傣族乡, Wuding County, Yunnan.