Nisu language
| Nisu | |
|---|---|
| Southern Yi | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 300,000 apart from Northern (2004–2007)[2] 160,000 Northern (no date)[3] |
| Yi logograms | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:nsd – Southernyiv – Northernnos – Easternnsv – Southwestern (duplicate or spurious code)[1]nsf – Northwestern |
| Glottolog | nisu1237 Nisu–Nyisu |
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.[2] According to Lama (2012), Nisu (Nishu) autonyms include ne̠˧su˥, ne̱˧su˥pʰo˨˩, and ɲe̠˧ʂu˥.
A variety of Nisu (autonym: ɲe33 su55 pʰo21) spoken in Aka Luoduo 阿卡洛多 village (also called Taiping village 太平村),[4] Tianfang Village 田房村, Jiangcheng County is covered in Lu Yan (2008)[5]
References
- ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ a b Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Eastern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Southwestern (duplicate or spurious code)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Northwestern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Northern Nisu at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=219483
- ^ Lu Yan 陆燕. 2008. 江城田房彝语结构助词研究. Journal of Yunnan Nationalities University 云南民族大学学报(哲学社会科学版). Vol. 25， No. 4, July 2008.
