Lisu ethnic group

E730377

Tibeto-Burman people ethnic group

The Lisu ethnic group is a Tibeto-Burman-speaking people of the mountainous regions of southwest China and neighboring Myanmar and Thailand, known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and Christian and animist religious practices.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lisu people	6

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tibeto-Burman people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousPrefectureInChina	Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	China ⓘ India ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
ethnonym	Lisu NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicHabitat	mountainous regions ⓘ river valleys ⓘ
languageBranch	Loloish languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorPopulationIn	Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
music	traditional flute music ⓘ vocal polyphony ⓘ
notableChristianizationBy	Protestant missionaries GENERATED ⓘ
populationEstimate	over 1 million ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Lisu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAsHillTribeBy	Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy	China NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest China NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Lahu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Naxi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism folk religion ⓘ
script	Fraser alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin script ⓘ New Lisu script ⓘ
scriptCreator	James O. Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalCrops	maize ⓘ millet ⓘ rice ⓘ
traditionalDressFeature	brightly colored jackets ⓘ colorful headscarves ⓘ heavily embroidered clothing ⓘ silver ornaments ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing	stilt houses ⓘ wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalInstrument	bamboo flute ⓘ plucked lute ⓘ
traditionalReligion	ancestor worship ⓘ animism ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCandidate	Lisu traditional culture ⓘ