Sadu language

Sadu
Native to	China
Region	central Yunnan
Native speakers	1,500 (2010)[ citation needed ]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Kazhuoish (unclassified) Sadu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	sadu1234
ELP	Sadu

Sadu (autonym: sa55du42pho313 (Bai 2012:9)) is a Loloish language of Yuxi, central Yunnan, China.

Classification

Bai (2012) classifies Sadu as a Hani (Hanoish a.k.a. Southern Loloish) language, ^[1] although the speakers are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Bai. ^[2] 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).

• Xincun 新村, Boyi Village 波衣村, Chunhe Township 春和镇 ^[3] (autonym: Suonapo 所那泼)
• Dashuitang 大水塘, Boyi Village 波衣村, Chunhe Township 春和镇 ^[4] (autonym: Tatapo 塔塔泼)
• Jiaoyuan 椒园, Dashiban Village 大石板村, Beicheng Township 北城镇 ^[5] (autonym: Lilepo 哩期泼)

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 双河彝族乡, Jinning County, in Hetao 核桃园 ^[6] and Tianba 田坝村 ^[7] villages
• Bailiuzhuang 柏柳庄 village, Baofeng Town 宝峰镇 ^[8]

References

1. Xu Xianming [许鲜明]. 2011. The Current Investigation of Language Use in the Sadu [撒都群体语言使用现状的调查]. 暨南学报(哲学社会科学版) 33(2). http://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/periodical_jnxb201102022.aspx
2. Abstract Bookcohass.ntu.edu.sg October 2016 Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
3. "红塔区春和街道办事处波衣村民委员会新村". Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
4. "红塔区春和街道办事处波衣村民委员会大水塘". Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
5. "红塔区北城街道办事处大石板村民委员会椒园". Archived from the original on 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
6. "晋宁县双河彝族乡核桃园村委会". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
7. "晋宁县双河彝族乡田坝村委会". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
8. "晋宁县宝峰镇前卫村委会柏柳庄村". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

• "MPI EVA | page moved". lingweb.eva.mpg.de. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
• Bai Bibo [白碧波]. 2012. A study of Sadu [撒都语研究]. Beijing: Minzu University Press.
• Fang Lifen [方利芬]. 2013. A genetic study on the Sadu language of Bai people in Yuxi [玉溪白族撒都话系属研究]. 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.