Samu language
| Samu | |
|---|---|
| Samatao | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | 2,810 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 400 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ysd |
| Glottolog | sama1295 |
| ELP | Samatao |
The Samu (autonym: sa˧mu˧; Chinese: 撒慕) language, Samatao (sa˧ma˨˩taw˨˩; Chinese 撒马多 Samaduo), also known as Eastern Samadu, is a Loloish language spoken by older adults in Zijun Village 子君村 (also called Da'er), Yiliu Township 矣六乡, Guandu District 官渡区, Kunming, China.[3] Although there was an ethnic population of 2,465 in 1999, there are no fluent speakers under 50 years of age.[4]
References
- ^ a b Samu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=56039
- ^ Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.