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'''Nyisu''' or '''Yellow Yi 黄彝''' is a moribund [[Loloish languages|Loloish]] language of [[Kunming]], central Yunnan, China. There are fewer than 300 speakers remaining according to Bradley (2005, 2007). Nyisu speakers are also referred to as '''Doupo 都泼'''.<ref name="AsiaHarvest">{{cite web|url=http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-19 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801062653/http://asiaharvest.org/index.php/people-group-profiles/china/ |archivedate=2013-08-01 |df= }}</ref>

The Yellow Yi had originally migrated from [[Sichuan]], and live in 4 villages in northwestern [[Fumin County]] (endangered) and one village in northwestern [[Anning, Yunnan]] (moribund, highly endangered).<ref name="Bradley2005">Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".''International Journal of the Sociology of Language''. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.</ref> It is most closely related to [[Nuosu language|Suondi Yi]] according to Bradley (2005). Nyisu (''{{IPA|ȵi˥su˧ pho˨˩}}'') was also documented by Lama (2012) in Luomian Township 罗免乡, [[Fumin County]].