Kaduo language

Kaduo (Khatu; Chinese: 卡多; pinyin: Kǎduō) is a Southern Loloish language spoken in Mojiang, Jiangcheng, Ning'er, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan, China^[2] by about 20,000 people.^[1]

Kaduo
Khatu
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Ethnicity	Hani
Native speakers	20,000 (2011)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Bi-Ka Piyo Kaduo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ktp
Glottolog	kadu1253
ELP	Kaduo

Zhu (2011) covered the Kaduo dialect of Shilong Village (石龙村), Mengnong Ethnic Yi Township (孟弄彝族乡), Mojiang County (墨江县).^[3]

Distribution

In Xinping County, Yunnan, Kaduo is spoken in the following locations.^[4]

• Wajiao Village, Jianxing Township 建兴乡挖窖村
• Jianxing Village, Jianxing Township 建兴乡建兴村
• Wasi Village, Pingzhang Township 平掌乡瓦寺村
• Baizhi Village, Pingzhang Township 平掌乡柏枝村
• Shengli Village, Mosha Township 漠沙乡胜利村

Further reading

• Hansson, Inga-Lill (1989). "A Comparison of Akha, Hani, Khàtú and Pîjɔ̀" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 12 (1): 6–91.
• Zhu, Maoyun 朱茂云 (2011). Mòjiāng Hānízú Kǎduōhuà cānkǎo yǔfǎ 墨江哈尼族卡多话参考语法 [A Reference Grammar of Mojiang Kaduo] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.
• Zi, Zhengfa 自正发 (2011). 国际哈尼/阿卡区域文化调查: 中国新平县平掌哈尼族卡多人文化实录 (in Chinese). Kunming: Yunnan renmin chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-222-08308-0. (Kaduo people of Laomiaozhai 老缪寨, Pingzhang Township 平掌乡, Xinping County^[5])

Notes and references

1. Zhu (2011).
2. Zi (2011).
3. "Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Mèngnòng Yízú Xiāng Shílóng Cūn" 墨江哈尼族自治县孟弄彝族乡石龙村 [Shilong Village, Mengnong Yi Nationality Township, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
4. Zi (2011), p. 11.
5. "Xīnpíng Xiàn Píngzhǎng Xiāng Bǎizhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Lǎomóuzhài" 新平县平掌乡柏枝村民委员会老缪寨 [Laomiaozhai, Baizhi Village Committee, Pingzhang Township, Xinping County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2017-09-20.