Nisu, Southern
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A language of China
Alternate Names
Nisupho, Yuan-Mo Yi
User Population
210,000 (2007), decreasing.
Location
Yunnan province: Honghe, Jinping, east Lüchun, south Shiping, southeast Yuanjiang, and Yuanyang counties.
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Language Status
8a (Moribund). Language of recognized nationality: Yi.
Dialects
Yuanyang Nisu, Mojiang Nisu.
Language Use
Use active in areas with high concentrations of Nisu. However, increasing lexical borrowing from Chinese. Code switching common between Nisu and Chinese. Many men and women spend part of the year working in predominantly Chinese towns or cities. Home, village. Older adults only. Neutral attitudes. Many shifted to Mandarin Chinese [cmn], with their children so they can do well in school, and also with outsiders, government officials who are not Nisu, non-Nisu people in township markets, elementary school teachers.
Traditional religion.