Naxi language

Naxi
Naqxi geezheeq
Native toChina
RegionYunnan and Sichuan
EthnicityNakhi, Mosuo
Native speakers
350,000 (2000 census – 2010)[1]
Geba script or Dongba augmented with Geba, Latin script, Fraser script

Simplified Chinese (Rare)

Traditional Chinese (Rare)
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
nxq – Naxi
nru – Narua (Yongning Na)
Glottolognaxi1245  Naxi
naxi1246  additional bibliography
yong1270  Narua
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Naxi (Naqxi IPA: [nɑ˨˩ ɕi˧˧]), also known as Nakhi, Nasi, Lomi, Moso, Mo-su, is a Sino-Tibetan language or group of languages spoken by some 310,000 people, most of whom live in or around Lijiang City Yulong Naxi Autonomous County of the province of Yunnan, China. Nakhi is also the ethnic group that speaks it, although in detail, officially defined ethnicity and linguistic reality do not coincide neatly: there are speakers of Naxi who are not registered as "Naxi" and citizens who are officially "Naxi" but do not speak it.[2]

  1. ^ Naxi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Narua (Yongning Na) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Mathieu, Christine (2003). A History and Anthropological Study of the Ancient Kingdoms of the Sino-Tibetan Borderland – Naxi and Mosuo (Mellen Studies in Anthropology 11 ed.). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Pr.