Gepo language

Gepo (Köpu; autonym: ko33 pʰo55[2] or ko55 phu21[3]) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China spoken by 100,000 people. The speakers' autonym is kɔ21, while the "-po" of "Gepo" means 'people'.[4] It is spoken in 6 villages of Fumin County, eastern Luquan County, and other adjacent counties to the northeast.

Gepo
Native toChina
EthnicityYi
Native speakers
100,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ygp – Gupo
yyz – Ayizi
Glottologgepo1234

Gao (2017)[5] classifies Geipo (autonym: ke55 pʰo21) as a Central Ngwi language. In Wuding County, it is spoken by 250 people in Gubai Village, Shishan Township and by 30 people in Yaoying Village, Shishan Township in Micha-majority villages.

Distribution and varieties

Gupo 古泼 (autonym: ko55 pʰo21) is spoken in Mile, Songming, Xundian, Zhanyi, Luoping, Shizong, Luxi, Shilin, Luliang, Yiliang, Fuyuan, Qiubei, Luquan, Huize, and Yiliang counties by about 100,000 speakers.[6] Gupo speakers are also referred as the White Yi 白彝, Gan Yi 甘彝, and Little White Yi 小白彝.[6]

The Ayizi 阿夷子 of Aimailong Village 爱买龙,[7] Shilin County refer to themselves as Ge, and may thus speak a language related to Gepo (Bradley 2007).[8] It is also spoken in Banqiao Township 板桥乡, and other parts of Beidacun 北大村乡.[9]

Epo 峨颇 (autonyms: ŋo33 phu21, ŋo33) is an Eastern Yi language variety spoken by about 8,000 people in the following villages of Longlin, Napo, and Xilin counties in western Guangxi.[10]

  • Longlin County (5,000+ people)
    • De'e Township 德峨乡: Agao 阿稿 (main datapoint), Nadi 那地, Zhebang 者帮, Nongbao 弄保, Tangshi 塘石, etc., in 10 villages total
    • scattered in the townships of Zhelang 者浪, Zhuchang 猪场, Changfa 场发, Kechang 克场, and Yancha 岩茶
  • Napo County (2,000+ people): Dala 达腊, Zhexiang 者祥, Nianbi 念毕, Powu 坡五, etc.
  • Xilin County (about 1,000 people): Bada Town 八达镇 (Yanla 岩腊 village, etc.)

A similar dialect called Wopu 窝普 is reported in Xingyi, Guizhou and Luoping County, Yunnan.[11] The Luoping County Almanac (1995:601) reports that Wopu 窝普 (also called Large Black Yi 大黑彝) is spoken in:

  • Majie township 马街镇: Dayiben 大以本, Jiudaogou 九道沟, Jigu 吉古
  • Agang township 阿岗乡: Satuge 洒土格

Guopu 果铺 is reported in Weining County, Guizhou.[12]

References
  1. Gupo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Ayizi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Chen Shilin [陈士林], et al. 1985. Yiyu jianzhi [彝语简志], p.108. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
  3. Yunnan Province Ethnic Minority Languages Gazetteer (云南省志：少数民族语言文字志), p.30
  4. Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.
  5. Gao, Katie B. 2017. Dynamics of Language Contact in China: Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Variation in Yunnan. PhD Dissertation: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
  6. Wang Chengyou [王成有]. 2003. Yiyu Fangyan Bijiao Yanjiu [彝语方言比较研究]. Chengdu: Sichuan People's Press [四川民族出版社]. ISBN 7540927658
  7. "石林彝族自治县石林镇小密枝村委会爱买龙自然村". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia."
  9. https://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/A/Ayizi.pdf
  10. Li Shengfu 李生福. 2007. 彝语峨颇话概况. 《民族语文》2007年第6期.
  11. http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/W/Wopu.pdf
  12. http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/G/Guopu.pdf
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