Sadu language

Sadu (autonym: ' (Bai 2012:9)) is a Loloish language of Yuxi, central Yunnan, China.

Classification

Bai (2012) classifies Sadu as a Hani (Hanoish Southern Loloish) language, although the speakers are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Bai. Fang (2013) notes that Sadu shares many similarities with Samu (Zijun), and classifies Sadu as a Southeastern Yi language.

Distribution

Sadu speakers live in 3 villages in Hongta District, Yuxi Prefecture, Yunnan (Bai 2012:3).

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Dashuitang Ã¥Â¤Â§Ã¦Â°Â´Ã¥Â¡Â, Boyi Village Ã¦Â³Â¢Ã¨Â¡Â£Ã¦ÂÂ, Chunhe Township Ã¦ÂÂ¥Ã¥ÂÂÃ©ÂÂ (autonym: Tatapo Ã¥Â¡ÂÃ¥Â¡ÂÃ¦Â³Â¼)

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There are also Sadu people who have lost use of the Sadu language is the following locations (Bai 2012:5, 29).

Shuanghe Yi Ethnic Township Ã¥ÂÂÃ¦Â²Â³Ã¥Â½ÂÃ¦ÂÂÃ¤Â¹Â¡, Jinning County, in Hetao Ã¦Â Â¸Ã¦Â¡ÂÃ¥ÂÂ and Tianba Ã§ÂÂ°Ã¥ÂÂÃ¦ÂÂ villages

Bailiuzhuang Ã¦ÂÂÃ¦ÂÂ³Ã¥ÂºÂ village, Baofeng Town Ã¥Â®ÂÃ¥Â³Â°Ã©ÂÂ

References

Bai Bibo [Ã§ÂÂ½Ã§Â¢Â§Ã¦Â³Â¢]. 2012. A study of Sadu [Ã¦ÂÂÃ©ÂÂ½Ã¨Â¯ÂÃ§Â ÂÃ§Â©Â¶]. Beijing: Minzu University Press.

Fang Lifen [Ã¦ÂÂ¹Ã¥ÂÂ©Ã¨ÂÂ¬]. 2013. A genetic study on the Sadu language of Bai people in Yuxi [Ã§ÂÂÃ¦ÂºÂªÃ§ÂÂ½Ã¦ÂÂÃ¦ÂÂÃ©ÂÂ½Ã¨Â¯ÂÃ§Â³Â»Ã¥Â±ÂÃ§Â ÂÃ§Â©Â¶]. M.A. dissertation. Beijing: Minzu University.

External links

Sadu DoReCo corpus compiled by Xianming Xu and Bibo Bai. Audio recordings of narrative texts, with transcriptions time-aligned at the phone level and translations.