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The Bolyu language (autonym: pɔ33 lju13; Chinese: 巴琉语 布流语; also known as Paliu Palyu or Lai 俫语 徕语) is an Austroasiatic language of the Pakanic branch (Sidwell 1995). In 1984 Bolyu was first studied by Liang Min of the Nationalities Research Institute in Beijing. Liang was the first to suggest the Mon–Khmer affiliation of Bolyu which was later confirmed by Western linguists such as Paul K. Benedict Paul Sidwell and Jerold A. Edmondson.