Sadu
Native toChina
Regioncentral Yunnan
Native speakers
1,500 (2010)
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsadu1234
ELPSadu

Sadu (autonym: sa55 du42 pho313 (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 Book cohass.ntu.edu.sg October 2016
  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. 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.
  • 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.
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