Samatu language should not be confused with Samataw language.
| Samatu | |
| States: | China |
| Ethnicity: | 7,500 (2007) |
| Speakers: | 500 |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| Fam3: | Lolo–Burmese |
| Fam4: | Loloish |
| Fam5: | Central |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | sama1296 |
| Glottorefname: | Samatu |
Samatu (Samadu) is a moribund Loloish language spoken by older adults in Zhenkang and Yongde counties in Yunnan, China.[2]