Nasu language
Encyclopedia
Nasu or Nasu proper, is a Loloish language spoken by a quarter million Yi people
of China
. It is one of six Yi languages recognized by the government of China. Unlike most written Yi languages, it uses the Pollard
(Miao) rather than Yi
script.
Yi people
The Yi or Lolo people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China...
of China
China
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. It is one of six Yi languages recognized by the government of China. Unlike most written Yi languages, it uses the Pollard
Pollard script
The Pollard script, also known as Pollard Miao, is an abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet and invented by Methodist missionary Sam Pollard. Pollard invented the script for use with A-Hmao, one of several dialects of the Hmong language. The script underwent a series of revisions until 1936,...
(Miao) rather than Yi
Yi script
The Yi script, also historically known as Cuan Wen or Wei Shu , is used to write the Yi languages.-Classical Yi:Classical Yi is a syllabic logographic system that was reputedly devised during the Tang dynasty by someone called Aki...
script.