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Lisu people

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China yunnan sichuan
762,296 (2020 census)
Myanmar shan and kachin states
600,000
Thailand
55,000
India arunachal pradesh
5,000

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Burmese name Burmeseလီဆူလူမျိုး Thai name Thaiลีสู่

The Lisu people (Lisu: ꓡꓲ‐ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ; Burmese: လီဆူလူမျိုး, [lìsʰù]; Chinese: 傈僳族; pinyin: Lìsùzú; Thai: ลีสู่) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous regions of Myanmar (Burma), southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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