Hlersu language
| Hlersu | |
|---|---|
| Sansu | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hle |
| Glottolog | hler1235 |
| ELP | Hlersu |
 Hlersu is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Hlersu (Lesu 勒苏), or Sansu (Shansu 山苏/散苏), is a Loloish language of Yunnan Province, China. It is spoken in Xinping, Jinping, Zhenyuan, Eshan (as Shansu 山苏),[2] and (as Sansu) Yuanjiang County.
A deprecated ISO 639-3 code sca was assigned to Sansu of Yuanjiang County and Myanmar, but was later merged with Hlersu (hle).
Background
[edit]Hlersu (autonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɨ55 pʰa21; exonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɨ55 pʰo21; so33 su33 pʰa21) autonym reported in Yunnan (1955)[3]) is spoken by ethnic Hlersu people, who live in 13 townships (50 administrative villages and 143 hamlets). There are 4,040 households and 15,737 individuals in Xinping, Yuanjiang, and Eshan counties (Xu & Bai 2013:1). The ethnic population of each township is as follows.[4]
- Xinping County
- Pingdian 平甸乡 (1,862 people)
- Guishan 桂山镇 (756 people)
- Yangwu 杨武镇 (1,203 people)
- Xinhua 新化乡 (2,205 people)
- Laochang 老厂乡 (381 people)
- Yaojie 腰街镇 (255 people)
- Gasa 嘎洒镇 (155 people)
- Mosha 漠沙镇 (412 people)
- Yuanjiang County
- Ganzhuangjie 甘庄街道 (3,950 people)
- Wadie 洼垤乡 (102 people)
- Longtan 龙潭乡 (1,560 people)
- Eshan County
- Tadian 塔甸镇 (1,725 people)
- Fuliangpeng 富良棚乡 (371 people)
- Shiping County
- Daqiao 大桥乡 (312 people)
- Baoxiu 宝秀镇 (433 people)
- Shuangbai County (81 people)
- Zhenyuan County (150 people): Zhedong 者东乡 Zhangpen 樟盆村,[5] Heping 和平乡 Yakou 丫口村[6]
Speakers refer to their language as ɬɛɾ55 su55 do21 (Xu & Bai 2013:62). The Hlersu dialect documented by Xu & Bai (2013) is that of Pujiehei 普杰黑, Daxi Village 大西村, Tadian Town 塔甸镇, Eshan County.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Hlersu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Eshan County Gazetteer [峨山彝族自治县回族志] (1996). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南民族出版社].
- ↑ 云南民族识别参考资料 (1955), p.44
- 1 2 Xu Xianmin [许鲜明], Bai Bibo [白碧波] (2013). A study of Shansu [山苏彝语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 9787105131006
- ↑ Zhangpen Village. ynszxc.net
- ↑ Yakou Village. ynszxc.net
- Xu Xianmin [许鲜明], Bai Bibo [白碧波] (2013). A study of Shansu [山苏彝语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 9787105131006