Nuobi language

Nuobi (autonym: Lolbiq; ' or ' in Jinping County meaning 'downriver'; Chinese: 糯比 Luobi (Lobi)) is a Loloish language of south-central Yunnan, China.

Distribution
Nuobi is spoken in:
 * Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County
 * Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County
 * Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County

Dai (2009) reports that ethnic Hani in Yangjie Township (羊街乡), Yuanjiang County belong to the Nuomei (糯美) and Nuobi (糯比) subgroups, who number 9,000 people and 6,000 people respectively in the township. The Nuomei live mostly in Gedie (戈垤), Dangduo (党舵) (which also has Kucong speakers), and Bamu (坝木) administrative villages, while the Nuobi reside mostly in Langzhi (朗支) (which also has Yi speakers in Zhongliangzi 中梁子 ), Yangjie (羊街), and Diexia (垤霞) (including Yidie, 依垤 ) villages.

Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary word list of Nuobi is from the Xinping County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:209–210).