Nisu language

Nisu
Nisu
Southern Yi
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	300,000 apart from Northern (2004–2007); 160,000 Northern (no date)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo-Burmese Loloish Nisoish Northern Loloish or Southeastern Loloish? Nisu; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Yi logograms
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; nsd – Southern; yiv – Northern; nos – Eastern; nsv – Southwestern (duplicate or spurious code); nsf – Northwestern
Glottolog	nisu1237 Nisu–Nyisu

Nisu (Southern Yi) is a language cluster spoken by half a million Yi people of China. It is one of six Yi languages recognized by the government of China. The Yi script was traditionally used, though few can still read it. According to Lama (2012), Nisu (Nishu) autonyms include ne̠33 su55, ne̠33 su55 pʰo21, and ɲe̠33 ʂu55.

The position of Nisu within Nisoish is debated. Nisu is classified as Southeastern Loloish by Pelkey (2011), but is traditionally classified as a Northern Loloish language, including by Lama (2012).

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