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)[3]
Yi logograms
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
nsd – Southern
yiv – Northern
nos – Eastern
nsv – Southwestern (duplicate or spurious code)[4]
nsf – Northwestern
Glottolog nisu1237  (Nisu–Nyisu)[5]

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. 1 2 Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Eastern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Southwestern (duplicate or spurious code)[2] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Northwestern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. ↑ Northern Nisu at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  4. ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  5. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Nisu–Nyisu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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