Lisu ethnic group

E730377

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lisu people 31
Lisu ethnic group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousPrefectureInChina Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
country China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
ethnonym Lisu ⓘ
geographicHabitat mountainous regions ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
languageBranch Loloish languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
majorPopulationIn Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
music traditional flute music ⓘ
vocal polyphony ⓘ
notableChristianizationBy Protestant missionaries ⓘ
populationEstimate over 1 million ⓘ
primaryLanguage Lisu language ⓘ
linked to: Lisu
recognizedAsHillTribeBy Thailand ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy China ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
region Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Southwest China ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lahu people ⓘ
Naxi people ⓘ
Yi people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
script Fraser alphabet ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
New Lisu script ⓘ
scriptCreator James O. Fraser ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lisu → officialMinorityCategoryInChina → Lisu ethnic group ⓘ
Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Dehong
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Diqing
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang → ethnicAutonomyFor → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Kachin State → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Myanmar Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Northern Myanmar → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Thai highlands → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Pang Mapha District → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Fraser alphabet → primaryUserCommunity → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Kuoshi Festival → celebratedBy → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Upper Salween River basin → traditionalHomelandOf → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Upper Salween River basin → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Shangri-La City → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture → namedAfter → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicAutonomyFor → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture → majorEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nuosu → relatedEthnicGroups → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Torch Festival → hasCulturalGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Loloish languages → spokenBy → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Yingjiang County → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County → ethnicAutonomyFor → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County → majorEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County → isAutonomousCountyFor → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nu people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Lianghe County → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Grand Canyon → primaryEthnicGroupsNearby → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Lushui → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Putao Township → ethnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Putao District → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group