Summary of deposit

The Ersu language (尔苏语) is spoken by approximately 16,800 people who reside in five counties in Sichuan Province (四川省) in the People’s Republic of China: (i) Ganluo (甘洛县), and (ii) Yuexi (越西县) counties of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture (凉山彝族自治州), (iii) Shimian (石棉县) and (iv) Hanyuan (汉源县) counties of Ya’an Municipality (雅安市), and (iv) Jiulong (九龙县) county of Ganzi (甘孜) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Ersu is currently classified as a member of the Qiangic subgroup of the Tibeto-Burman language family (ISO-639 code ers). Ersu is closely related to the Lizu language (a.k.a. the western dialect of Ersu) and the Duoxu language (a.k.a. the central dialect of Ersu).

Ersu has been historically influenced by Mandarin Chinese (the local variety of South-West Mandarin), Nuosu (Northern Ngwi or Yi 彝), and Pumi (普米).

For more information on Ersu, see http://wdh51818.blog.163.com

Group represented

Ersu

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