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Nuosu / Northern Yi, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan Yi
ꆈꌠꉙ Nuosuhxop
Native to: China
Region: Southern Sichuan, northern Yunnan
Ethnicity: Yi
Native speakers: 2 million (2000 census)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan

is the prestige language of the Yi people; it has been chosen by the Chinese government as the standard Yi language (Chinese: 彝语) and, as such, is the only one taught in schools, both in its oral and written forms. It was spoken by two million people and was increasing as of (PRC census); 60% were monolingual (1994 estimate). Nuosu is the native Nuosu/Yi name for their own language and is not used in Mandarin Chinese, though it may sometimes be translated as Nuòsū yǔ (simplified Chinese: 诺苏语; traditional Chinese: 諾蘇語).[2]

The occasional terms 'Black Yi' (黑彝; hēi Yí) and 'White Yi' (白彝; bái Yí) are castes of the Nuosu people, not dialects.

Nuosu is one of several often mutually unintelligible varieties known as Yi, Lolo, Moso, or Noso; the six Yi languages recognized by the Chinese government hold only 25% to 50% of their vocabulary in common. They share a common traditional writing system, though this is used for shamanism rather than daily accounting.

Classic Yi is a syllabic logographic system of 8,000–10,000 glyphs. Although similar to Chinese characters in function, the glyphs are independent in form, with little to suggest a direct relation.

The Modern Yi script (ꆈꌠꁱꂷ nuosu bburma [nɔ̄sū bʙ̝̄mā] 'Nosu script') is a standardized syllabary derived from the classic script in 1974 by the local government of China. It was made the official script of the Yi languages in 1980. There are 756 basic glyphs based on the Liangshan dialect, plus 63 for syllables only found in Chinese borrowings.

In 1958 the Chinese government had introduced a Roman-based alphabet based on the romanized script of Gladstone Porteous of Sayingpan. (This was later replaced by the Yi script.)

LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuosu_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_script#Syllabary
https://omniglot.com/writing/yi.htm
https://www.webonary.org/nuosuyi/print-edition-2/preface/?lang=en
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/iii

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