Hlersu language
{{Short description|Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Hlersu
|nativename=Sansu
|states=China
|ethnicity=Yi
|speakers=15,000
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=Tibeto-Burman
|fam3=Lolo–Burmese
|fam4=Loloish
|fam5=Lisoish
|fam6=Lipo–Lolopo
|script=
|iso3=hle
|glotto=hler1235
|glottorefname=Hlersu
|map2=Lang Status 80-VU.svg
|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|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),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]. 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
Hlersu (autonym: {{IPA|ɬɛɾ55 sɨ55 pʰa21}}; exonym: {{IPA|ɬɛɾ55 sɨ55 pʰo21}}; {{IPA|so33 su33 pʰa21}}) autonym reported in Yunnan (1955)[http://www.doc88.com/p-97281176367.html 云南民族识别参考资料] (1955), p.44) 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.
- 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)
Speakers refer to their language as {{IPA|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.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}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- 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}}
{{Languages of China}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}