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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Hlersu

Hlersu

A language of China

ISO 639-3hle

Population  15,000 (2007), decreasing.
Region  Central Yunnan Province, Zhenyuan and Shuangbai counties, scattered mountaintop locations; Yuanjiang County, 38 villages; Xinping County, 40 villages; Eshan County, 6 villages; Shiping County, 5 villages.
Alternate names   Shansu, Sansu, Lesu
Dialects  Related to Lolopo [ycl].
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Burmic, Ngwi, Central
Language use  Home, village.