Lô Lô people (Vietnam)

The Lô Lô is a Loloish ethnic group of Vietnam.^[1] The Lô Lô ethnic group consists of 3,134 people in Hà Giang and Cao Bằng, also including some in Mường Khương District of Lào Cai Province. They are also known as Mùn Di, Di, Màn Di, La La, Qua La, Ô Man, and Lu Lộc Màn.^[2] In Vietnam, they are officially recognized as one of 54 ethnicities of the country.^[3] Speakers of the Mondzi or Mantsi language are classified as the Flowery and Black Lolo people.

Distribution

Most of the Lô Lô settles on the Đồng Văn Plateau of Hà Giang province.^[4]

Flowery Lolo

Hà Giang Province
- Xín Cái, Mèo Vạc District
- Lũng Cù, Đồng Văn District

Red Lolo

Hà Giang Province
- Mèo Vạc District
- Yên Minh District

Black Lolo The Black Lolo live in Bảo Lạc District, Cao Bằng Province, just to the east of Hà Giang Province. Black Lolo (Ma Ndzi) of Cao Bằng is covered in Iwasa (2003).

Bảo Lạc District, Cao Bằng Province
- Hồng Tri (including Nà Van village^[5])
- Đức Hạnh (Bảo Lạc)
- Nghàm Lồm, Cô Ba Township^[5]

Quoc (2011)

Quoc (2011) lists the following ethnic Lolo villages in northern Vietnam.

Meo Vac District, Ha Giang
- Thượng Phùng township
  - bản Mỏ Phàng
  - bản Hoa Cà
- Xin Cái township
  - Cờ Tẳng
  - Cờ Lẳng
  - Mè Lẳng
- bản Sắng Pả A/B, Mèo Vạc
Dong Van District, Ha Giang
- bản Lô Lô Chải, Lũng Cú township
- bản Mã Là, Lũng Táo township
- khu Đoàn Kết, Sủng Là township
Bao Lac District, Cao Bang
- Hồng Trị township
  - Cốc Xả Trên/Dươi
  - Khau Cà
  - Khau Trang
  - Nà Van
  - Khuổi Khon
  - Khuổi Pao
- bản Ngàm Lầm, Cô Ba township
Bao Lam District, Cao Bang
- Đức Hạnh township

References

^ Hsiu, Andrew. Mondzish: a new subgroup of Lolo-Burmese (PDF). The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. Bangkok: Center for Research in Computational Linguistics. IsCLL-14.
^ "Trang tin điện tử của Ủy ban Dân tộc - NGƯỜI LÔ LÔ". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
^ Vietnam General Census 2019
^ "Culture of the Lo Lo on the Dong Van stone plateau". VOVworld.vn. Voice of Vietnam. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b Iwasa Kazue. 2003. "A Wordlist of the Ma Ndzi Language". Descriptive and Theoretical Studies in Minority Languages of East and Southeast Asia, 69-76. ELPR Publications A3-016.

[1] Hsiu, Andrew. Mondzish: a new subgroup of Lolo-Burmese (PDF). The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. Bangkok: Center for Research in Computational Linguistics. IsCLL-14.

[2] "Trang tin điện tử của Ủy ban Dân tộc - NGƯỜI LÔ LÔ". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

[3] Vietnam General Census 2019

[4] "Culture of the Lo Lo on the Dong Van stone plateau". VOVworld.vn. Voice of Vietnam. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[Iwasa-5] Iwasa Kazue. 2003. "A Wordlist of the Ma Ndzi Language". Descriptive and Theoretical Studies in Minority Languages of East and Southeast Asia, 69-76. ELPR Publications A3-016.

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