• PEOPLE CLUSTER: NOSU

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 7

Population: 4,059,000

Unreached people groups: 6

UPG population: 3,926,000

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 1,777,000

Number of countries: 1


Affinity Bloc: Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples

Overview: The Nosu are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of China. Though classified by the Chinese government as a subgroup of the Yi, their languages are not typically intelligible with other Yi languages and the Nosu identify themselves as a separate people from other Yi subgroups. Most Nosu live in the mountains of northern Yunnan and southwest Sichuan where they labor as farmers and practice ethnic religions.

Peoples within this cluster: Nosu, Butuo; Nosu, Mangbu; Nosu, Shengzha; Nosu, Shuixi; Nosu, Tianba; Nosu, Xiaoliangshan; Nosu, Yinuo

Countries where they are found: China


People groups: 7

Population: 4,059,000

Unreached people groups: 6

UPG population: 3,926,000

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 1,777,000

Number of countries: 1