Naxi

Nationality Classification
纳西族 Naxi
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
纳西语西部方言
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Naxi
ISO 639-3 Code
nxq
Language Stock Classification
藏缅语族 Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Northwestern Yunnan: most (200,000) in Lijiang municipal county. Some scattered through Weixi, Zhongdian, Ninglang, Deqing, Yongsheng, Heqing, Jianchuan, and Lanping counties. Some in Yanyuan, Yanbian, and Muli counties of Sichuan Province. A few in Mangk
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
295,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2000