Sadu language explained

Sadu
States:	China
Region:	central Yunnan
Date:	2010
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:	Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:	Loloish
Fam5:	Kazhuoish
Fam6:	(unclassified)
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	sadu1234
Glottorefname:	Sadu

Sadu (autonym: pronounced as /sa55 du42 pho313/ (Bai 2012:9)) is a Loloish language of Yuxi, central Yunnan, China.

Classification

Bai (2012) classifies Sadu as a Hani (Hanoish 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

• Web site: MPI EVA | page moved. lingweb.eva.mpg.de. 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.

Notes and 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. http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/ICSTLL45/Documents/Abstracts%20Book%20ICSTLL45-Oct16.pdf Abstract Book
3. Web site: 红塔区春和街道办事处波衣村民委员会新村. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314061315/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=247545 . 2014-03-14 . dead. 2016-07-24.
4. Web site: 红塔区春和街道办事处波衣村民委员会大水塘. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314060124/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=247546 . 2014-03-14 . dead. 2016-07-24.
5. Web site: 红塔区北城街道办事处大石板村民委员会椒园. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314060128/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=247765 . 2014-03-14 . dead. 2016-07-24.
6. Web site: 晋宁县双河彝族乡核桃园村委会. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610202848/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=88690 . 2015-06-10 . dead. 2016-07-24.
7. Web site: 晋宁县双河彝族乡田坝村委会. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610231807/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=88661 . 2015-06-10 . dead. 2016-07-24.
8. Web site: 晋宁县宝峰镇前卫村委会柏柳庄村. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033934/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=84609 . 2016-03-05 . dead. 2016-07-24.