Hlersu language

Hlersu (Lesu 勒苏), or Sansu (Shansu 山苏/散苏), is a Loloish language of Yunnan Province, China. It is spoken in Xinping, Jinping, Zhenyuan, Eshan (as Shansu 山苏), and (as Sansu) Yuanjiang County.

Background
Hlersu (autonym: '; exonym: '; ) autonym reported in Yunnan (1955) ) is spoken by ethnic Hlersu people, who live in 13 townships (50 administrative villages and 143 hamlets). There are 4,040 households and 15,737 individuals in Xinping, Yuanjiang, and Eshan counties (Xu & Bai 2013:1). The ethnic population of each township is as follows.


 * Xinping County
 * Pingdian 平甸乡 (1,862 people)
 * Guishan 桂山镇 (756 people)
 * Yangwu 杨武镇 (1,203 people)
 * Xinhua 新化乡 (2,205 people)
 * Laochang 老厂乡 (381 people)
 * Yaojie 腰街镇 (255 people)
 * Gasa 嘎洒镇 (155 people)
 * Mosha 漠沙镇 (412 people)
 * Yuanjiang County
 * Ganzhuangjie 甘庄街道 (3,950 people)
 * Wadie 洼垤乡 (102 people)
 * Longtan 龙潭乡 (1,560 people)
 * Eshan County
 * Tadian 塔甸镇 (1,725 people)
 * Fuliangpeng 富良棚乡 (371 people)
 * Shiping County
 * Daqiao 大桥乡 (312 people)
 * Baoxiu 宝秀镇 (433 people)
 * Shuangbai County (81 people)

Speakers refer to their language as  (Xu & Bai 2013:62). The Hlersu dialect documented by Xu & Bai (2013) is that of Pujiehei 普杰黑, Daxi Village 大西村, Tadian Town 塔甸镇, Eshan County.