Native to China Native speakers 15,000 (2007) Glottolog hler1235 | Ethnicity Yi ISO 639-3 hle | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
(Tibeto-Burman)
Lolo–Burmese
Loloish
Lisoish
Lipo–Lolopo
Hlersu | ||
Hlersu (Lesu 勒苏), or Sansu (Shansu 散苏), is a Loloish language of Yunnan Province, China. It is spoken in Xinping, Jinping, Zhenyuan, Eshan (as Shansu 山苏), and (as Sansu) Yuanjiang County.
Hlersu (autonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɿ55 pha21; exonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɿ55 pho21; so33 su3 pha21 autonym reported in Yunnan (1955)) is spoken in 13 townships (50 administrative villages and 143 hamlets) by 4,040 households and 15,737 persons in Xinping, Yuanjiang, and Eshan counties (Xu & Bai 2013:1).
References
Hlersu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA