Lisu
ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ
Lisu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, India, Thailand, and Myanmar.
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Lisu (Fraser alphabet: ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ, ꓡꓲ‐ꓢꓴ ꓥꓳꓽ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ; Latin: Lisu ngot; Lisu syllabary: ; Chinese: 傈僳语; pinyin: Lìsùyǔ; Burmese: လီဆူဘာသာစကား, pronounced [lìsʰù bàðà zəɡá]) is a tonal Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Yunnan (Southwestern China), Northern Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand and a small part of India. Along with Lipo, it is one of two languages of the Lisu people. Lisu has many dialects that originate from the country in which they live. Hua Lisu, Pai Lisu and Lu Shi Lisu dialects are spoken in China. Although they are mutually intelligible, some have many more loan words from other languages than others.
The Lisu language is closely related to the Lahu and Akha languages and is also related to Burmese, Jingphaw and Yi languages.
From Wikipedia · Lisu language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Lisu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | ꓐꓹ ꓐꓽ | bɑ̌ bɑ̀ |
| person | choza* | |
| name | emi* | |
| eye | miEs3* | |
| ear | nopo* | |
| nose | nakhu* | |
| tooth | s3Chi* | |
| tongue | laCh3* | |
| hand | lEphE* | |
| blood | s3* | |
| bone | oto* | |
| skin | koji* | |
| liver | s3* | |
| water | ꓮꓺ ꓙꓬꓺ | ɑ̱ dʒɑ̱ |
| fire | ato* | |
| sun | m3mi* | |
| moon | ꓦ ꓐꓻ | h̃ɑ bɑ |
| star | komaze* | |
| stone | loch3* | |
| mountain | ko* | |
| tree | s3c3* | |
| leaf | ephia* | |
| night | sakhua* | |
| dog | ana* | |
| fish | Nua* | |
| louse | x3* | |
| one | thi* | |
| two | ꓮꓶꓸ | ɯ́ |
| I | Nua* | |
| you | nu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- LahuSino-Tibetan30% alike
- AkhaSino-Tibetan25% alike
- Wuding-Luquan YiSino-Tibetan25% alike
- PhuzaSino-Tibetan24% alike
- Hlepho PhowaSino-Tibetan24% alike
- HaniSino-Tibetan23% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · lisu1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · lis