Lisu

Tibeto-Burman language
Intangible natural_language Q56480
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Lisu

Summary

Lisu is a natural language[1]. Lisu draws 294 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #235 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lisu is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • Lisu is in the country of Myanmar[4].
  • Lisu's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Lisu's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Lisu is a type of Sino-Tibetan[7].
  • Lisu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lisu language[8].
  • Lisu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mis', 'text': 'ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ'}[9].
  • Lisu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'mis', 'text': 'ꓡꓲ‐ꓢꓴ ꓥꓳꓽ'}[10].
  • Lisu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '傈僳语'}[11].
  • Lisu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'my', 'text': 'လီဆူဘာသာစကား'}[12].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Sichuan[13].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Yunnan[14].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Sagaing Region[15].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Mandalay Region[16].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Kachin State[17].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Chin State[18].
  • Lisu's indigenous to is recorded as Shan State[19].
  • Lisu's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LIS[20].
  • Lisu's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Lisu is a type of Sino-Tibetan[7].

Why It Matters

Lisu draws 294 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #235 of 734).[2] Lisu has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Lisu is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country People's Republic of China, Myanmar
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Sichuan, Yunnan, Sagaing Region +4
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531489805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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