Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Lisu people (Burmese: လီဆူလူမျိုး [lìsʰú]; Chinese: 傈僳族 Lìsù zú; Thai: ลีสู่; Lisu: ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit the mountainous regions of Burma (Myanmar) Southwest China Thailand and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.About 730000 live in Lijiang Baoshan Nujiang Diqing and Dehong prefectures in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province China. The Lisu form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People’s Republic of China.
