Nusu language

Nusu (autonym: nu33 su33) is a Loloish language spoken by the Nu people of China. There are three dialects: Northern, Southern, and Central. The Central dialect of Miangu is the prestige dialect and is understood fairly well by speakers of other dialects.[1]

Nusu
Native toChina
EthnicityNu
Native speakers
13,000 (2007)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3nuf
Glottolognusu1239[2]

Lama (2012) observes a sound change *r- > Ø- from Proto-Loloish as a Nusoish innovation.

Distribution

The three Nusu dialects are spoken in the following locations (Nusuzu Nusuyu Jianzhi 怒族怒苏语简志 1986).

  • Southern, also known as the Guoke-Puluo (果科-普洛) dialect: northern Lushui County 泸水县, in Guoke 果科,[3] Puluo 普洛,[4] Tongping 同坪,[5] Jiajia 加甲[6] (3,000 speakers)
  • Central, also known as the Zhizhiluo-Laomudeng (知之罗-老姆登) dialect: southern Fugong County 福贡县, in Pihe 匹河怒族乡,[7] Zhizhiluo 知之罗,[8][9] Laomudeng 老姆登,[10] Miangu 棉古,[11] Shawa 沙瓦,[12] Zileng 子楞[13] (4,000 speakers)
  • Northern, also known as the Wawa-Kongtong (瓦娃-空通) dialect: Fugong County 福贡县, in Wawa 瓦娃,[14][15] Kongtong 空通,[16][17] Youduoluo 有夺洛[18] (2,000 speakers)
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References
  1. Nusu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nusu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. "福贡县匹河怒族乡果科村委会".
  4. "福贡县匹河怒族乡普洛村委会".
  5. "福贡县匹河怒族乡托坪村委会".
  6. "福贡县匹河怒族乡架究村委会".
  7. http://www.ynszxc.net/model/index4.aspx?departmentid=1524
  8. "福贡县匹河怒族乡知子罗村委会".
  9. "福贡县匹河怒族乡知子罗村委会知子罗 达罗".
  10. "福贡县匹河怒族乡老姆登村委会".
  11. "福贡县匹河怒族乡棉谷村委会".
  12. "福贡县匹河怒族乡沙瓦村委会沙瓦".
  13. "福贡县匹河怒族乡沙瓦村委会子楞".
  14. "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会瓦娃一".
  15. "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会瓦娃二".
  16. "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会空通一".
  17. "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会空通二".
  18. "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会优夺罗".
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