• support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Lisu people (Lisu: ꓡꓲ‐ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ; Burmese: လီဆူလူမျိုး, [lìsʰù]; Chinese: 傈僳族; pinyin: Lìsùzú;...
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  • 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...
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  • Look up Lisu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lisu may refer to: Lisu people, an ethnic group of the mountainous regions of Yunnan (China), Arunachal...
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  • script. The Lisu National Development Party (LNDP) is a political party in Myanmar seeking to represent the interests of the Lisu people. In the 2015...
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    Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan, China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people, who make up...
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  • to China with the China Inland Mission. He pioneered work among the Lisu people, of Southwestern China, in the early part of the 20th century. He is...
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  • 傈坡语), also known as eastern Lisu, is a language of the Lisu people of China, similar to but not intelligible with the Lisu language proper. Some Lipo are...
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  • under a mortar. Professor Paul Durrenberger collected a tale from the Lisu people: a widow goes near the lake to cut grass for her horse and sees a tree...
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    with India) include Bai people, Blang, Bonan, Dongxiang, Han, Hui people, Lhoba, Lisu people, Miao, Mongols, Monguor (Tu people), Menba (Monpa), Mosuo...
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    Kachin peoples. The greater name for all the Kachin peoples in their own Jingpo language is the Jinghpaw. Other endonyms include Zaiwa, Lechi, Lisu, Maru...
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    northwest Yunnan province, China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people. Weixi Lisu Autonomous County has 3 towns and 7 townships. 3 towns Baohe (保和镇)...
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    official religion of the Lisu. Christian missionaries worked in the Lisu area from the early 20th century. The first to work among the Lisu, in the Yunnan province...
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  • Isobel Miller Kuhn (category People from Old Toronto)
    1957), known as Isobel Kuhn, was a Canadian Christian missionary to the Lisu people of Yunnan Province, China, and northern Thailand. She served with the...
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    reside in Tibet include Bai people, Blang, Bonan, Dongxiang, Han, Hui people, Lhoba, Lisu people, Miao, Mongols, Monguor (Tu people), Menba (Monpa), Mosuo...
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  • Nuosu language (category Yi people)
    Northeastern Yi or simply Yi, and speakers are classified as Lisu people which form the Kachin people. In Thailand, Nuosu (usually referred to as Lolo), is spoken...
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    (其布厄) – The 4 strings Lisu people lute Saiding (赛玎) – The lute of Bulang people Dingbengba (玎崩巴) – a 4 strings lute of Dai people Palaung dingqin (德昂族丁琴)...
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    yeren (野人; 'wild men', ' savage', ' rustic people') as the name for Lisu people. As exonyms develop for places of significance for speakers of the language...
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  • Eastern Lipo (category Yi people)
    (Black Lisu, Heipo, Lipoo) are a Lipo-speaking ethnic group of China. Lipo is a Burmic language. They officially are included with either the Yi people or...
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  • Mach-O universal binary object files Lipo language, a language of the Lisu people Li Po or Li Bai (701–762), Chinese poet Lipovitan, an energy drink Lipotomy...
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    alphabet The Kyrgyz – Kyrgyz language – Kyrgyz alphabets The Lisu peopleLisu language – Lisu script The Manchus – Manchu language – Manchu alphabet The...
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    from most Naxi people; they belong to a matrilineal clan, and the locals call it walking marriage). There are also Yi, Lisu, Hua Lisu and other nationalities...
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  • Gandhigram, locally known as Shidi, is a village inhabited by Lisu people in Vijoynagar circle, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The population...
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    respectively. The species is known in local dialects of Lisu people as mey nwoah and Law Waw people as myuk na tok te, both of which mean "monkey with an...
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    floating population. The Eastern Lipo, included with either the Yi or the Lisu people, as well as the A-Hmao, also are among the ethnic groups of the provinces...
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  • Southern China, going to school is a treacherous task for the local Lisu people and involves sliding over a gorge via a cable. Two siblings – consisting...
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    and Hsipaw. Some of the Palaung people can also be found in Kalaw Township in the Southern Shan State. The Lisu people are numerous in the Northern Shan...
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    500–300 BCE. The Lisu people, also originating in Tibet, arrived in Yunnan sometime before 1000 CE. Chinese records begin to mention Lisu in the late Tang...
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    Rawang, the Lisu, the Jingpo, the Zaiwa, the Lashi/Lachik and the Lawngwaw/Maru. Some definitions distinguish Kachin and Shan (Tai) peoples though some...
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    Burmese people in China mainly live in Yunnan, which borders Myanmar. According to the 2020 Chinese census, a total of 351,000 Burmese nationals live in...
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    the Lisu, the Lahu or the Mru, among others. Various ethnic groups have lived in Europe for millennia. However, the concept of Indigenous peoples is rarely...
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