Mantsi language


Mantsi, and 6 tones.

Classification

Mantsi may be related to the Kathu and Mo'ang languages of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Lama concludes that Mantsi and Maang constitute the most divergent branch of the Lolo-Burmese languages.

Distribution

The Red Lolo and Flowery Lolo live in Hà Giang Province of Vietnam. Both speak similar languages. The language spoken by the Red Lolo was investigated by Jerold A. Edmondson in the late 1990s. In Funing County in Yunnan across the border in China, related languages are spoken by peoples known as the White Lolo.
The Lô Lô ethnic group of northern Vietnam 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.
In Vietnam:
;Flowery Lolo
;Red Lolo
;White Lolo
The Black Lolo live in Bảo Lạc District, Cao Bằng Province, just to the east of Hà Giang Province. Black Lolo of Cao Bằng is covered in Iwasa.
;Black Lolo
Quoc lists the following ethnic Lolo villages in northern Vietnam.