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Kua nsi language

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Native to
  
China

Native speakers
  
5,000 (2009)

Glottolog
  
kuan1249

Region
  
Yunnan

ISO 639-3
  
ykn

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lalo–Lavu Lavu–Kuansi Kua-nsi

Kua-nsi (kʰua˧n̩˨˩sɨ˥; Chinese: 跨恩斯话; Hedong Yi 河东彝) is a recently discovered Loloish language of Heqing County, Yunnan, China.

Gomotage (ɣɔ˨˩mɔ˧ta˥ɣə˨˩), an undocumented and little-known Loloish language of Eryuan County, is also probably related to Kua-nsi (Yang 2010:7).

Distribution

The Kua-nsi live in the following villages of Liuhe Township 六合乡, northern Heqing County (Castro, et al. 2010:23).

  • Hedong 河东
  • Sangezhuang 三戈庄
  • Shang'eping 上萼坪
  • Wuxing 五星
  • Nanpo 南坡
  • Maidi 麦地
  • Longda 龙大
  • References

    Kua-nsi language Wikipedia