Nuosu, also known as Northern Yi, Liangshan Yi, Nosu, and Sichuan Yi, is the prestige language of the Yi people; it has been chosen by the Chinese government as the standard Yi language and, as such, is the only one taught in school, both in its oral and written form. It is spoken by two million people and is increasing; 60% are monolingual. The occasional terms 'Black Yi' and 'White Yi' are castes of the Nuosu people.

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  • Nuosu, also known as Northern Yi, Liangshan Yi, Nosu, and Sichuan Yi, is the prestige language of the Yi people; it has been chosen by the Chinese government as the standard Yi language and, as such, is the only one taught in school, both in its oral and written form. It is spoken by two million people and is increasing; 60% are monolingual. The occasional terms 'Black Yi' and 'White Yi' are castes of the Nuosu people. Nuosu is one of several often mutually unintelligible varieties known as Yi, Lolo, Moso, or Noso; the six Yi languages recognized by the Chinese government hold only 25 to 50 percent of their vocabulary in common. They share a common traditional writing system, though this is used for shamanism rather than daily accounting. The Yi people regard the traditional Western term Lolo as pejorative.
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  • Sino-Tibetan
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  • Yi
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  • southern Sichuan, northern Yunnan
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  • 2 million (2000 census)
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  • Nuosu, also known as Northern Yi, Liangshan Yi, Nosu, and Sichuan Yi, is the prestige language of the Yi people; it has been chosen by the Chinese government as the standard Yi language and, as such, is the only one taught in school, both in its oral and written form. It is spoken by two million people and is increasing; 60% are monolingual. The occasional terms 'Black Yi' and 'White Yi' are castes of the Nuosu people.
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  • Nuosu language
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  • Yi
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