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Name: Lisu

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Central Lisu; Chedi; Cheli; Chung; Khae; Leisu; Leshuoopa; Lesuo; Li; Li-Hsaw; Lip'a; Lisaw; Li-Shaw; Lishu; Liso; Lissu; Loisu; Lusu; Lu-Tzu; Southern Lisu; Yao Yen; Yaw Yin; Yaw-Yen; Yawyin; Yeh-Jeh; Yeh-Jen; Yobin; Lis(s)u; Lis(s)haw; Lëshuoop'a; Lëjengoup'a

Spoken in: India, Myanmar, China, Thailand

Number of speakers: 610,000 in China (2000 census), increasing. Population total all countries: 767,000 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 723000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: lis

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

Parent Subgroup: Lisu; Lisoid (lisu)

Child Dialects: Pai Lisu; White Lisu (lis-pai) Lu Shi Lisu (lis-lus) White Lisu (lis-whi) Hua Lisu; Flowery Lisu (lis-hua) Black Lisu; Black Lo; Northern Lo; Hei Lisu (lis-bla) Hwa Lisu; Flowery Lisu; Hua Lisu (lis-hwa)

Endangerment Status

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable

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