Hlersu language
| Hlersu | |
|---|---|
| Sansu | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hle |
| Glottolog | hler1235 |
| ELP | Hlersu |
Hlersu (Lesu 勒苏), or Sansu (Shansu 散苏), is a Loloish language of Yunnan Province, China. It is spoken in Xinping, Jinping, Zhenyuan, Eshan (as Shansu 山苏),[2] and (as Sansu) Yuanjiang County.
Hlersu (autonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɿ55 pha21; exonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɿ55 pho21; so33 su3 pha21 autonym reported in Yunnan (1955)[3]) is spoken in 13 townships (50 administrative villages and 143 hamlets) by 4,040 households and 15,737 persons in Xinping, Yuanjiang, and Eshan counties (Xu & Bai 2013:1).
References
- ^ Hlersu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eshan County Almanac [峨山彝族自治县回族志] (1996). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].
- ^ 云南民族识别参考资料 (1955), p.44
- Xu Xianmin [许鲜明], Bai Bibo [白碧波] (2013). A study of Shansu [山苏彝语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 9787105131006