Kaduo language explained

Kaduo
Also Known As:	Khatu
States:	China
Region:	Yunnan
Ethnicity:	Hani
Speakers:	20,000
Date:	2011
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:	Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:	Loloish
Fam5:	Southern
Fam6:	Bi-Ka
Fam7:	Piyo
Iso3:	ktp
Glotto:	kadu1253
Glottorefname:	Kaduo

Kaduo (Khatu;) is a Southern Loloish language spoken in Mojiang, Jiangcheng, Ning'er, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan, China by about 20,000 people.

covered the Kaduo dialect of Shilong Village (石龙村), Mengnong Ethnic Yi Township (孟弄彝族乡), Mojiang County (墨江县).^[1]

Distribution

In Xinping County, Yunnan, Kaduo is spoken in the following locations.

• 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 . Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area . en . 12 . 1 . 6–91.
• Book: Zhu, Maoyun 朱茂云 . Mòjiāng Hānízú Kǎduōhuà cānkǎo yǔfǎ . 2011 . Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:墨江哈尼族卡多话参考语法 . A Reference Grammar of Mojiang Kaduo.
• Book: Zi, Zhengfa 自正发 . 2011 . Yunnan renmin chubanshe . 978-7-222-08308-0 . Kunming . zh . zh: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. (Kaduo people of Laomiaozhai 老缪寨, Pingzhang Township 平掌乡, Xinping County^[2])

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mòjiāng Hānízú Zìzhìxiàn Mèngnòng Yízú Xiāng Shílóng Cūn . zh: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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170920172253/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=268245 . 2017-09-20 . 2014-10-19 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
2. Web site: Xīnpíng Xiàn Píngzhǎng Xiāng Bǎizhī Cūnmín Wěiyuánhuì Lǎomóuzhài . zh:新平县平掌乡柏枝村民委员会老缪寨 . Laomiaozhai, Baizhi Village Committee, Pingzhang Township, Xinping County . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170920190657/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=251463 . 2017-09-20 . 2017-09-20 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.