• Endangered

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• <1505

  Native speakers worldwide
• Ethnic population

  1505

DATE OF INFO

2009

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Those who are above 26 can all speak Sadu, but this language is generally not passed down to the next generation.

Speaker number trend:
above age 26: 100%
age 16-25: 45.1%
age 6-15: 23.4%
age 3-5: 5.9%

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Southwestern Mandarin; Nisu

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Sadu is used at home and within the community. Everyone can speak SW Mandarin due to schooling and socio-economic pressures. SW Mandarin is used in marketplaces and with non-community members. Nisu is used when speaking to the Yi group.

Scripts (Writing system)

no

PLACES

China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

3 villages in Yuxi 玉溪 City, Yunnan Province

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

紅塔區北城鎮椒園村、春和鎮新村、大水塘村