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ISO 639-3 · nsdnsd
Sino-Tibetan family

Southern Nisu

Southern Nisu is a language of the Loloish branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in China.

8a · Moribund
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At a glance
ISO 639-3
nsd
Glottocode
sout2723
Wikipedia
1 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level

Facts

NameSouthern Nisu
Also calledSouthern Nisu language

Vitality

EGIDS 8a Moribund8a

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Sino-Tibetan to Southern Nisu

The branches above Southern Nisu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

289Sino-Tibetanfamily115Tibeto-Burmanbranch82Burmo-Qiangicbranch69Lolo-Burmesebranch58LoloishbranchnsdSouthern Nisulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

China247 languages in the index

Also spoken in China

zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafewuuWu ChineseSino-Tibetan · 80.7 m5 · DevelopingvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · Vigorous