Lama
Facts
- Language: Lama
- Alternate names: Bijang Bai, Bai, Northern Bai, Laemae
- Language code: bfc
- Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Northeastern Tibeto-Burman, Bai (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 15,000
- Vulnerability: Endangered
- Script:
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Officially classified within Bai nationality. Classification difficult due to heavy borrowing (60%–70%) from Chinese. It is considered genetically related to Chinese, or a mixed language with Chinese, or related to Yi, or an independent branch of Tibeto-Burman. Traditional religion, Buddhist, Daoist.
Lama is spoken in China, East Asia.