Suobi is spoken in 2 villages of Yinyuan Township 因远镇 of Yuanjiang County, namely Pugui Village 浦贵村[2] (in Pugui 浦贵,[3] Ga'e 嘎俄,[4] and Puhai 浦海[5]) and Beize Village 北泽村[6] (in Yuga 玉嘎,[7] Sanlingsan 三零三, Shuitong 水桶,[8] and Beize 北泽[9][10]) (Bai 2010:118).
Suobi speakers in Yinyuan Township 因远镇 are surrounded by Baihong and Haoni speakers (Bai 2010).
Bai Bibo [白碧波] (2010). Sociolinguistics of languages of Yinyuan Town, Yuanjiang County [元江县因远镇语言使用现状及其演变]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN9787100070522