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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nu people canonical 6
Nume people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeArea Fugong County ⓘ
Gongshan County ⓘ
Lushui County ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nujia ⓘ
Nung people ⓘ
country China ⓘ
governingState People’s Republic of China ⓘ
languageBranch Nungish languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
locatedIn Hengduan Mountains ⓘ
southwest China ⓘ
linked to: Southwest China
neighboringEthnicGroups Bai people ⓘ
Dulong people ⓘ
Lisu people ⓘ
linked to: Lisu ethnic group

Tibetan people ⓘ
primaryCrops buckwheat ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
primaryLivelihood slash-and-burn farming ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
primaryRegion Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
province Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
recognizedAs one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
riverValley Nu River valley ⓘ
linked to: Nu River basin
speaks Nu language ⓘ
Nusu language ⓘ
Zauzou language ⓘ
linked to: Zaiwa language
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Lisu → neighboringEthnicGroups → Nu people ⓘ
Nujiang → ethnicGroup → Nu people ⓘ
Nume → isSpokenBy → Nume people ⓘ
linked to: Nu people
Dulong people → relatedEthnicGroups → Nu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Dulong (Drung) people
Lushui → hasEthnicGroup → Nu people ⓘ