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The Nusu language is a Loloish language spoken by the Nu peopleofChina and Myanmar. There are three dialects: Northern, Southern, and Central. The Central dialect of Miangu is the prestige dialect and is understood fairly well by speakers of other dialects.[1]

Nusu
Native toChina, Myanmar
EthnicityNu

Native speakers

13,000 (2007)[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

Language codes
ISO 639-3nuf
Glottolognusu1239

Lama (2012) observes a sound change, *r- > Ø- from Proto-Loloish, as a Nusoish innovation.

Distribution

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The three Nusu dialects are spoken in the following locations (Nusuzu Nusuyu Jianzhi 怒族怒苏语简志 1986).

The divergent Liangsu dialect (良苏话) is spoken in by about 3,000 people in the following locations of Fugong County, Yunnan.[18][19]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Consonants in Nusu
Labial Alveolar Retroflex (Alveolo-)
Palatal 		Velar Glottal
plain sibilant
Nasal voiced m n ɲ ŋ
unvoiced m̥ n̥
Stop/
Affricate 		voiced b d dz ɖʐ dʑ ɡ
unvoiced p t ts ʈʂ tɕ k
aspirated pʰ tʰ tsʰ ʈʂʰ tɕʰ kʰ
Fricative unvoiced f s ʂ ɕ x h
voiced v z ʐ ʑ ɣ
Approximant voiced l j w
unvoiced l̥

Tones

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Nusu has seven tones:

Tone IPA
High ˥
High falling ˥˧
Creaky low ˩ˀ
Low ˩
Creaky high ˥ˀ
Rising-falling ˨˦˨
Mid ˧

References

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  1. ^ a b NusuatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡果科村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡普洛村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡托坪村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡架究村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
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  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡知子罗村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡知子罗村委会知子罗 达罗". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡老姆登村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡棉谷村委会". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡沙瓦村委会沙瓦". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡沙瓦村委会子楞". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会瓦娃一". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会瓦娃二". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会空通一". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会空通二". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ "福贡县匹河怒族乡瓦娃村委会优夺罗". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  • ^ Chen, Haihong [陈海宏]; Tan, Liya [谭丽亚]. 2022. Yunnan binwei Nuyu Liangsuhua ynajiu [云南濒危怒语良苏话研究]. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe [民族出版社].
  • ^ Ye, Shifu [叶世富]. 2007. Jianu Liangsu Nuyu [甲怒良苏怒语]. Unpublished manuscript.
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