Nu (people)

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The Nu ( Chinese  怒族 , Pinyin Nùzú ) are a Tibetan-Burmese people in southwest China . The 2010 census counted 37,523 Nu, of which 96.45% live in Yunnan Province , mostly in the Lisu Autonomous District Nujiang . Another 1.42% of the Nu live in the Tibet Autonomous Region .

The Nu in Lushui and Fugong counties make up half of the Nu population and speak Nusu (怒 苏 语), a smaller group of around 8.3% in Lanping and Lushui counties speak Zauzou (柔 若 语). Nusu and Zauzou both belong to the Yi languages. About 30.6% of the Nu, especially in Gongshan Autonomous County , speak Derung (独 龙 语), and another 11.1% in Fugong and Gongshan speak the largely unclassified Tibetan Burman Ayi (阿夷 语 or 阿 侬 语). There are also about 400 Nu in Fugong speaking Nung. Nung and Derung belong to the Nungian languages .

The Nu are predominantly followers of autochthonous beliefs. But among them there are also over 10% Protestant and Catholic Christians as well as a few followers of Tibetan Buddhism ("Lamaism").

literature

  • Liu Dacheng刘达成 (Ed.): 怒族 文化 大观Nuzu wenhua daguan (Complete overview of the Nu culture). 云南 民族 出版社Yunnan minzu chubanshe (Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House ). 昆明 Kunming 1999, ISBN 7-5367-1837-3 . 2 + 13 + 328 pages.
  • Tao Tianlin陶天麟: 怒族 文化史Nuzu wenhua shi (Nu cultural history). 云南 民族 出版社Yunnan minzu chubanshe (Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House ). 昆明 Kunming 1997, ISBN 7-5367-1577-3 . 8 + 4 + 8 + 331 pages.