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ISO 639-3 · nsvnsv
Sino-Tibetan family

Southwestern Nisu

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

6b · Threatened
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At a glance
ISO 639-3
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Glottocode
sout3128
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5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameSouthwestern Nisu
Also calledSouthwestern Nisu language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

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 Southwestern Nisu

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

289Sino-Tibetanfamily115Tibeto-Burmanbranch82Burmo-Qiangicbranch69Lolo-Burmesebranch58LoloishbranchnsvSouthwestern 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