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Hlersu
Sansu
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	15,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lipo–Lolopo Hlersu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hle
Glottolog	hler1235
ELP	Hlersu
Hlersu is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Hlersu (Lesu 勒苏), or Sansu (Shansu 山苏/散苏), is a Loloish language of Yunnan Province, China. It is spoken in Xinping, Jinping, Zhenyuan, Eshan (as Shansu 山苏), and (as Sansu) Yuanjiang County.

Background

Hlersu (autonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɨ55 pʰa21; exonym: ɬɛɾ55 sɨ55 pʰo21; so33 su33 pʰa21) autonym reported in Yunnan (1955)) is spoken by ethnic Hlersu people, who live in 13 townships (50 administrative villages and 143 hamlets). There are 4,040 households and 15,737 individuals in Xinping, Yuanjiang, and Eshan counties (Xu & Bai 2013:1). The ethnic population of each township is as follows.

• Xinping County
  • Pingdian 平甸乡 (1,862 people)
  • Guishan 桂山镇 (756 people)
  • Yangwu 杨武镇 (1,203 people)
  • Xinhua 新化乡 (2,205 people)
  • Laochang 老厂乡 (381 people)
  • Yaojie 腰街镇 (255 people)
  • Gasa 嘎洒镇 (155 people)
  • Mosha 漠沙镇 (412 people)
• Yuanjiang County
  • Ganzhuangjie 甘庄街道 (3,950 people)
  • Wadie 洼垤乡 (102 people)
  • Longtan 龙潭乡 (1,560 people)
• Eshan County
  • Tadian 塔甸镇 (1,725 people)
  • Fuliangpeng 富良棚乡 (371 people)
• Shiping County
  • Daqiao 大桥乡 (312 people)
  • Baoxiu 宝秀镇 (433 people)
• Shuangbai County (81 people)

Speakers refer to their language as ɬɛɾ55 su55 do21 (Xu & Bai 2013:62). The Hlersu dialect documented by Xu & Bai (2013) is that of Pujiehei 普杰黑, Daxi Village 大西村, Tadian Town 塔甸镇, Eshan County.

References

1. Hlersu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Eshan County Gazetteer (1996). Kunming: Yunnan People's Press .
3. 云南民族识别参考资料 (1955), p.44
4. ^ Xu Xianmin , Bai Bibo (2013). A study of Shansu . Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House . ISBN 9787105131006

• Xu Xianmin , Bai Bibo (2013). A study of Shansu . Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House . ISBN 9787105131006

v t e Sino-Tibetan branches
Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)	West Himalayish Tamangic Newaric Newar Baram–Thangmi Kiranti Dhimalish Dhimal Toto Lhokpu Lepcha Greater Magaric Magaric Magar Kham Chepangic Chepang Bhujel Raji–Raute Dura–Tandrange
Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)	Bodish Tibetic East Bodish Tshangla Basum Nam? Gongduk ʼOle Tani Chamdo
Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border	Karbi Kuki-Chin Mruic Mru Hkongso Pyu Taman "Naga" Ao Angami–Pochuri Meitei Tangkhulic Zeme Sal Boro–Garo Konyak Jingpho–Luish
East and Southeast Asia	Sinitic Bai Tujia Nungish Karenic Gong Kathu Cai–Long Caijia Longjia Luren Burmo-Qiangic Qiangic Gyalrongic Ersuic Naic Lolo-Burmese Mondzish Burmish Loloish
Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal)	Hrusish Hruso Mijiic Kho-Bwa Puroik Miju–Meyor Songlin Greater Siangic Siangic Koro Milang Idu–Taraon
Proposed groupings	Central Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin–Naga Macro-Bai Mahakiranti Rung Tibeto-Burman Tibeto-Kanauri
Proto-languages	Proto-Sino-Tibetan Proto-Tibeto-Burman Proto-Loloish Proto-Karenic Proto-Min Proto-Hakka
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.

• Loloish languages