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زبان نوسو

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زبان نوسو

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Also known as Sichuan Yi, ii, Nuosu language, Nosu, Northern Yi, Liangshan Yi, Yi

the prestige language of the Yi people

Key facts

Native to
China
Region
Southern Sichuan , northern Yunnan
Ethnicity
Yi
Native speakers
(2 million cited 2000 census)
Language family
Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Nisoish Nisoid Nuosu
Standard forms
Liangshan (Cool Mountain) dialect
Writing system
Yi syllabary , formerly Yi logograms
Recognised minority language in
China (Yunnan province)
Iso 639 1
ii Sichuan Yi, Nuosu
Iso 639 2
iii Sichuan Yi, Nuosu
Iso 639 3
iii Nuosu, Sichuan Yi
Glottolog
sich1238 Sichuan Yi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Yi
Country
China
Image
北部方言彝文文献.jpg
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writing system
Yi script
number of speakers, writers, or signers
2000000
native label
Nuosu
Wikimedia language code
ii
indigenous to
Yunnan
P10369
Cambodia
Commons category
Nuosu language
topic's main category
Category:Nuosu language
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