Nu people

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The Nu people are an ethnic minority primarily inhabiting the mountainous Nujiang region of Yunnan in southwest China, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and traditional agrarian lifestyle.

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Label Occurrences
Nu people canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
administrativeArea Fugong County NERFINISHED
Gongshan County NERFINISHED
Lushui County NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Nujia NERFINISHED
Nung people NERFINISHED
country China
governingState People’s Republic of China NERFINISHED
languageBranch Nungish languages
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Hengduan Mountains NERFINISHED
southwest China NERFINISHED
neighboringEthnicGroups Bai people NERFINISHED
Dulong people NERFINISHED
Lisu people NERFINISHED
Tibetan people NERFINISHED
primaryCrops buckwheat
maize
millet
rice
primaryLivelihood slash-and-burn farming
subsistence agriculture
primaryRegion Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED
province Yunnan NERFINISHED
recognizedAs one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China
religion Buddhism
Christianity
riverValley Nu River valley NERFINISHED
speaks Nu language NERFINISHED
Nusu language NERFINISHED
Zauzou language NERFINISHED
traditionalAnimalHusbandry cattle
goats
pigs
traditionalClothing colorful headscarves
handwoven woolen garments
traditionalCrafts basketry
weaving
woodcarving
traditionalDance circle dances
traditionalHousing wooden stilt houses
traditionalMusic polyphonic folk songs
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
usesScriptForLanguage Latin alphabet (for some Nu language materials)
writingSystem no long-standing indigenous script

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Lisu neighboringEthnicGroups Nu people
Nujiang ethnicGroup Nu people