Lisu people

Lisu people They belong to the South Asian type of the Mongoloid race, and their ethnic language is part of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, specifically within the Yi subfamily. Their writing system is divided into New and Old Lisu scripts, and they predominantly follow indigenous religious beliefs.

The Lisu people originate from the ancient Di-Qiang ethnic group and share historical ties with the Yi people. They are primarily concentrated in the regions surrounding the Nujiang and the upper reaches of the Enmei River (a tributary of the Irrawaddy River)—specifically, the border areas where China’s Yunnan, Tibet, and Myanmar’s Kachin State meet. Smaller communities of Lisu can also be found scattered across other parts of Yunnan Province in China, as well as in northeastern India and the border regions between Thailand and Myanmar.

According to 2010 The Sixth National Population Census Statistics show that the total population of the Lisu ethnic group within China is 1,261,311.