Also Known As:
Samaduo, Samou, Samataw, 撒慕, 撒馬多, Eastern Samadu
Dialects & Varieties
- Similar to Samei [smh] and Sanie [ysy] but not mutually intelligible (Bradley 2007)
East and Southeast Asia
Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
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Children:
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Young adults
0
Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
2,808
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
China
Location Description
Yunnan, Kunming City, Guandu District
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Chinese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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