Lavu language should not be confused with Lawu language.
| Lavu | |
| Region: | Yunnan |
| States: | China |
| Ethnicity: | Yi |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| Fam3: | Lolo–Burmese |
| Fam4: | Loloish |
| Fam5: | Lisoish |
| Fam6: | Lalo–Lavu[1] |
| Fam7: | Taloid |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | talu1238 |
| Glottoname: | Lavu-Yongsheng-Talu |
Lavu (; autonym: pronounced as /lɑ55 vu̠55/) is a Loloish language of Yongsheng County, Yunnan, China.
Languages related to Lavu include Liude 六得, Nazha 纳渣, and perhaps Shuitian 水田, Zhili 支里, Luo 倮, Ziyi 子彝, and Liming 黎明.