Lizu language

Lizu
Lizu
Native to	China
Native speakers	7,000 (2008)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Qiangic Ersuic Lizu; ; ;
Writing system	Ersu Shaba script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	included in Ersu [ers]
Glottolog	lizu1234
ELP	Lizu

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 to Sun (1982) and 7,000 speakers according to Chirkova (2008). Muli, where Lizu is spoken, is a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual county and Lizu has been historically influenced by Mandarin Chinese.^[2]

^ Chirkova 2008
^ "Lizu-chirkova-0317 | Endangered Languages Archive".

[1] Chirkova 2008

[2] "Lizu-chirkova-0317 | Endangered Languages Archive".

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