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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 7
Population: 4,010,000
Unreached people groups: 6
UPG population: 3,879,000
Unengaged UPGs: 3
UUPG population: 1,756,000
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
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