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ALSO KNOWN AS		Khàtù, Gazhuo, Kado, Kadu, 卡多話
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese
ORTHOGRAPHY		roman scripts
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ktp
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Kaduo, spoken in Yunnan 雲南 Province (China), belongs to the Southern Ngwi branch in the Tibeto-Burman language family. It is different from Kadu (zkd), a language of Myanmar belonging to the Luish branch in Tibeto-Burman language family. It is also different from Katu (ktv), a Mon-Khmer language of Vietnam.

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Information from: “A reference grammar of Mojiang Kaduo (墨江哈尼族卡多話參考語法)” . Min Zhao (趙敏) and Maoyun Zhu (朱茂云) (2011) Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press (中國社會科學出版社)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Kaduo people are classified under the Hani 哈尼 nationality in China with a total population of 1,439,600 Hani people (2000).

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Outsiders who were married into Kaduo villages also learn to speak Kaduo.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Mandarin Chinese; Yi/Loloish; Hani dialects

Scripts (Writing system)

roman scripts

More on Orthography

An orthography based on Haya 哈雅 dialect of Hani (Yi/Ngwi/Loloish/Nisoic) was published in 1957-58.

PLACES: China; Laos

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Kaduo people dwell primarily in Yunnan 雲南Province (China), specifically Miaojiang (墨江哈尼族自治縣), Jiangcheng (江城哈尼族彝族自治縣), Zhenyuan (鎮沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣) of Pu'er 普洱 city, and Xinping (新平彝族傣族自治縣) of Yuxi 玉溪 city .

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
185,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"180,000 in China (Bradley 2007),"

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is increasing.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Chinese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Kaduo is used in home and villages by all ages of speaker.

PLACES: China; Laos;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Yunnan 雲南 Province, primarily southeast Simao 思茅 Prefecture, Pu'er 普洱, Mojiang 墨江 and Jiangcheng 江城 counties. Also in Laos.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,292
Native speakers worldwide

	2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)					Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.																	22.245192,101.792836
		World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		10,292	10000-99999							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2011	A reference grammar of Mojiang Kaduo (墨江哈尼族卡多話參考語法)	in Chinese		Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press (中國社會科學出版社)					Min Zhao (趙敏) and Maoyun Zhu (朱茂云)	Min Zhao (趙敏) and Maoyun Zhu (朱茂云). 2011. "A Reference Grammar of Mojiang Kaduo (墨江哈尼族卡多話參考語法)." Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press (中國社會科學出版社).		~200,000	100000	Kaduo people are classified under the Hani 哈尼 nationality in China with a total population of 1,439,600 Hani people (2000).	Mandarin in official domains, and other languages when socializing with outsiders	Mandarin Chinese; Yi/Loloish; Hani dialects	positive		a great deal	Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	Outsiders who were married into Kaduo villages also learn to speak Kaduo.	11	10	China; Laos	The Kaduo people dwell primarily in Yunnan 雲南Province (China), specifically Miaojiang (墨江哈尼族自治縣), Jiangcheng (江城哈尼族彝族自治縣), Zhenyuan (鎮沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣) of Pu'er 普洱 city, and Xinping (新平彝族傣族自治縣) of Yuxi 玉溪 city .	23.430, 101.692; 22.585, 101.862; 23.957, 101.108; 24.024, 101.988
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	185,000	100000	"180,000 in China (Bradley 2007),"		Chinese		Kaduo is used in home and villages by all ages of speaker.		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The number of speakers is increasing.			China; Laos;	Yunnan 雲南 Province, primarily southeast Simao 思茅 Prefecture, Pu'er 普洱, Mojiang 墨江 and Jiangcheng 江城 counties. Also in Laos.

Kaduo

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Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

185,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,292

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Kaduo

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Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

185,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,292

Discussion

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