Naxi language

Naxi
Naxi
Naqxi geezheeq
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan and Sichuan
Ethnicity	Nakhi, Mosuo
Native speakers	350,000 (2000 census – 2010)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Loloish or Qiangic (?) Naic Naish Naxi; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Geba script or Dongba augmented with Geba, Latin script, Fraser script Simplified Chinese (Rare) Traditional Chinese (Rare)
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	People's Republic of China
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nxq – Naxi; nru – Narua (Yongning Na)
Glottolog	naxi1245 Naxi; naxi1246 additional bibliography; yong1270 Narua

Naxi (Naqxi IPA: [nɑ˨˩ ɕi˧˧]), also known as Nakhi, Nasi, Lomi, Moso, Mo-su, is a Sino-Tibetan language or group of languages spoken by some 310,000 people, most of whom live in or around Lijiang City Yulong Naxi Autonomous County of the province of Yunnan, China. Nakhi is also the ethnic group that speaks it, although in detail, officially defined ethnicity and linguistic reality do not coincide neatly: there are speakers of Naxi who are not registered as "Naxi" and citizens who are officially "Naxi" but do not speak it.

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