Lolo
E748953
Lolo is an older name for the Yi people, an ethnic minority primarily living in southwestern China with a distinct language and cultural traditions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lolo canonical | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnonym ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lolo people
ⓘ
Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guizhou Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalTradition |
distinct customs and rituals
ⓘ
traditional clothing ⓘ traditional festivals ⓘ traditional music and dance ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | mountainous areas of southwestern China ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Axi people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nasu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuosu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalUsage | used in Western literature for Yi people ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup | Lolo-Burmese languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernPreferredName | Yi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationGroupOf | People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Southwestern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | ethnic minority in China ⓘ |
| refersTo | Yi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnonym | Loloish peoples ⓘ |
| religion |
ancestor worship
ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| script | Yi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaks |
Nuosu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | older term considered outdated ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
agriculture
ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ |
| usageNote | term Lolo is now often avoided as potentially pejorative ⓘ |
| usedFor | ethnic group ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yi people