Lisu

Nationality Classification
傈僳族 Lisu
Secondary Nationality
怒族 Nu
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
傈僳语
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Lisu
ISO 639-3 Code
lis
Language Stock Classification
藏缅语族 Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Western Yunnan Province, 11 prefectures, 63 counties, upper reaches of the Salween and Mekong rivers, and Sichuan province, southwest Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
610,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2000