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Name:
Nusu
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Nu; Independent Lolo
Spoken in:
China
Number of speakers:
12,000 (Bradley 2007). 1,000 monolinguals. 2,000 in Northern Nusu, 4,000 in Southern Nusu, and 6,000 in Central Nusu
(Ethnologue)
Code:
nuf
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Sino-Tibetan
Parent Subgroup:
Unclassified Loloish; Other Loloish; Unclassfied Lolo-Moso; Unclassified (unlo)
Child Dialects:
Central Nusu; Zhizhiluo-Laomudeng (nuf-cen)
Southern Nusu; Guoke-Puluo (nuf-sou)
Northern Nusu; Wawa-Kongtong (nuf-nor)

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