 There are "almost no Tosu speakers left", or "practically" no Ersu speakers left.About 2,000 Tosu people live in Miǎnníng county and the villages around it, as well as in six outlying townships of that county, namely Hòushān (后山), Fùxīng (复兴), Huì’ān (惠安), Hāhā (哈哈), Línlǐ (林里), and Shābā town (沙坝镇).Chirkova (2014) reports that it is spoken by more than 9 individuals, all in their seventies and eighties.