Chesu | |
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Native to | China |
Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 3,300 (2007) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
ych |
Glottolog |
ches1238 |
ELP | Chesu |
Chesu 车苏 is a Loloish language spoken in southern Shuangbai County, northern Xinping County, and Eshan County in Yunnan, China.
The Chesu refer to themselves as tsu su³³pa²¹ [2] or tɕi²¹su⁵⁵pho²¹ (Jishupo 吉输颇). [3] Yunnan (1955) reports that Chesu is spoken mostly in Taihe Township 太和乡, with a population of over 360 as of 1955. [2] Ethnologue reports 3,300 Chesu speakers out of an ethnic population of 6,600 people, as of 2007. [1]
Bradley (2007) reports that Chesu is closely related to Nasu and classifies it as a Nasoid language. Chesu speakers consider themselves to be a separate ethnic group from the surrounding Nisu speakers. The Chesu language is currently being replaced by Nisu and Chinese. [4]
In Eshan County, Chesu is also used as a second language by Hlersu speakers. [1]