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plural Lisus or Lisu
A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand. quotations examples
There are more than a hundred such groups, including the Karen of Thailand and Burma; the Kachin in Burma; the Akha, the Lahu, and the Lisu in Thailand; the Hmong, the Kmhmu, and the Yao in Laos; and the Nùng and the Lati in Vietnam.
2011, Terry Miller, Sean Williams, The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music, page 303
A tonal language spoken by the Lisu people. examples
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Of, from, or pertaining to the Lisu people or Lisu language. examples