Kua-nsi language

Kua-nsi (kʰua33 n̩21 sɨ55; Chinese: 跨恩斯话; Hedong Yi 河东彝) is a recently discovered Loloish language of Heqing County, Yunnan, China.

Kua-nsi
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	5,000 (2009)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Lisoish Lalo–Lavu Taloid Heqing Yi Kua-nsi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ykn
Glottolog	kuan1249

Gomotage (ɣɔ21 mɔ33 ta55 ɣə21), an undocumented and little-known Loloish language of Eryuan County, is also probably related to Kua-nsi (Yang 2010:7).^[2]

Distribution

The Kua-nsi live in the following villages of Liuhe Township 六合乡, northern Heqing County (Castro, et al. 2010:23).^[3]

• Hedong 河东^[4]
• Sangezhuang 三戈庄^[5]
• Shang'eping 上萼坪^[6]
• Wuxing 五星^[7]
• Nanpo 南坡^[8]
• Maidi 麦地^[9]
• Longda 龙大