ISO 639-3 · lislis
Sino-Tibetan family
Lisu
ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ
Lisu is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in China and Myanmar. Wikidata describes it as “Tibeto-Burman language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lis- Glottocode
lisu1250- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Wikipedia
- 24 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lisu · ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lisu language |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Lisu
The branches above Lisu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
289Sino-TibetanfamilylisLisulanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in China
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafevieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouszhaZhuangKra–Dai · 16 mCritically endangeredkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalmnpNorthern MinSino-Tibetan · 11 m5 · DevelopinguigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · Developing