Lolo-Burmese
Geographic distribution:	Southeast Asia
Genetic classification:	Sino-Tibetan  Tibeto-Burman   Lolo-Burmese
Subdivisions:	Naxi Burmish Loloish ? Mru

The Lolo-Burmese languages of Burma and southern China form a coherent branch of the Tibeto-Burman family.

The position of Naxi (Moso) within the family is unclear, and it is often left as a third branch besides Loloish and Burmish.

The Pyu language that preceded Burmese in Burma is sometimes linked to the Lolo-Burmese family, but there is no good evidence for any particular classification, and it is best left unclassified within Tibeto-Burman.

However, the unclassified Mru language is thought to have a better chance at having a connection to Lolo-Burmese.

[edit] References

• George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.

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