Nyisu or Yellow Yi 黄彝 is a moribund

Loloish The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relat ...

language of

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

, central Yunnan, China. There are fewer than 300 speakers remaining according to Bradley (2005, 2007). Nyisu speakers are also referred to as Doupo 都泼. The Yellow Yi had originally migrated from

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, and live in 4 villages in northwestern

Fumin County Fumin County () is a county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China. Administrative divisions Yongding Town and Daying Town, Luomian Yi Nationality and Miao Nationality Village, Sandan Village, Kuanzhuang Village, Dongcun Village and ...

(endangered) and one village in northwestern

Anning, Yunnan Anning () is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 4 ...

(moribund, highly endangered). It is most closely related to Suondi Yi according to Bradley (2005). Nyisu (') was also documented by Lama (2012) in Luomian Township 罗免乡,

. Pelkey (2011) tentatively classifies Nyisu of

Shilin County Shilin Yi Autonomous County (: Sani: ) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China. Etymology Lunan Yi Autonomous County () is the former name of Shilin, and usually be called for short as ...

as belonging to the Nisu language cluster. Nyisu (') of Gaohanshan Village, Zhuqing Township,

is documented in Wu Zili (1997) and YNYF (1984). It is not known whether Nyisu of Shilin and Nyisu of Kunming are closely related.

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