Zauzou
[aka Rouruo, Raoruo, Jaojo]Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·endangered
Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·endangered
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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
2,100
One of four groups classified as part of the Nu Nationality (pop. 28,759).
Old people can speak, but many young people are semi-speakers or do not speak it at all.
Chinese
Lisu
Lanping, Lushui, Yunlong counties.
2,100 group members, 1,800 in Lanping, most of the rest in Lushui.
Information from: “柔若語研究 [A study of Rouruo]” . Sun, Hongkai 孫宏開, Chenglong Huang 黃成龍, and Maocou Zhou 周毛草 (2002) Minzu University of China Press 中央民族大學出版社
Lisu; Mandarin
Nùjiāng Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province (雲南省怒江傈僳族自治州蘭坪白族普米族自治縣兔峨地區瀾滄江兩岸、怒江瀘水縣魯掌水利寨和六庫鎮三家村)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
2,500
Data on speaker number: (Bradley 2007). About 10% monolingual, mainly older adults. Ethnic population: 2,500 (1999 Sun Hongkai)