Nu people

Name: Nu people: census figures, languages and lineage
Creator: Genetik
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Ну · Q868040

language area per Glottologcensus counts

36,575

China, census 2020 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)

Sino-Tibetan

language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in China: 36,575 people in the 2020 census.

Main language: Zauzou. Glottolog classifies it in the Sino-Tibetan family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

China2020 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Nu» · [1]

36,575

Languages and their lineage

Zauzou

Sino-Tibetansino1245
Burmo-Qiangicburm1265
Lolo-Burmeselolo1265
Loloishlolo1267
Nusoishnuso1234
Zauzouzauz1238

Nusu

Sino-Tibetansino1245
Burmo-Qiangicburm1265
Lolo-Burmeselolo1265
Loloishlolo1267
Nusoishnuso1234
Nusunusu1239

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

Han Chinese Hui people Tujia people Chinese people Tibetans Bai people Tamang people Hoa people Rai people Lahu people Limbu people Qiang Jingpo people Sherpa Akha Dungans Pumi Mang people Bamar (Burmans)

Sources

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. China, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)