Nisu language
| Nisu | |
|---|---|
| Southern Yi | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers |
300,000 apart from Northern (2004–2007)[1] 160,000 Northern (no date)[2] |
| Yi logograms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: nsd – Southern yiv – Northern nos – Eastern nsv – Southwestern nsf – Northwestern |
| Glottolog |
nisu1237 (Nisu–Nyisu)[3] |
Nisu (Southern Yi) is a language cluster spoken by half a million Yi people of China. It is one of six Yi languages recognized by the government of China. The Yi script was traditionally used, though few can still read it.[1] According to Lama (2012), Nisu (Nishu) autonyms include ne̠˧su˥, ne̱˧su˥pʰo˨˩, and nʲe̠˧ʂu˥.
References
- 1 2 Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Eastern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Southwestern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Northwestern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Northern Nisu at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nisu–Nyisu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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