Lizu language

Lizu
Native to China
Native speakers 7,000  (2008)
Language family
Writing system Ersu Shaba script
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Linguist List ers-lis

Lizu (Chinese: 傈苏, 里汝, 吕苏; Western Ersu) is a Qiangic language spoken in western Sichuan, China. There are 4,000 speakers according Sun (1982), and 7,000 speakers according to Chirkova (2008).

References

  • Yu, Dominic (2012). Proto-Ersuic (Ph.D.). Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Linguistics.
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Further reading

  • Chirkova, Katia; Chen, Yiya (2013). "Lizu". Journal of the International Phonetic Association 43 (1): 75–86. doi:10.1017/S0025100312000242. 


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