Nisu, Northern

Nationality Classification
彝族 Yi
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
彝族南部方言 (峨山-新平县)
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Nisu, Northern
ISO 639-3 Code
yiv
Language Stock Classification
藏缅语族 Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Yunnan Province: in Eshan, Xinping, Shiping (North), Yimen, Yuxi, Jiangchuan, Shuangbai, Jinning, Chengjiang, and Northern Yuanjiang counties.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
160,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2000