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ALSO KNOWN AS		Samaduo, Samou, Samataw, 撒慕, 撒馬多, Eastern Samadu
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ysd
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Similar to Samei [smh] and Sanie [ysy] but not mutually intelligible (Bradley 2007)
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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~400
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,808
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No fluent speakers under fifty.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Severely endangered but some language heritage activities underway in the village school.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Chinese

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Yunnan, Kunming City, Guandu District

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2810
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Population and speaker data from Bradley (2007)

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

No fluent speakers under 50.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Some language heritage activities underway in the village school (Bradley 2007).

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Mandarin [cmn]

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Yunnan Province, Guandu district, Kunming municipality, Zijun village. A few elderly speakers in Zhenkang and Yongde.

17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International		http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		2810		400	100-999	Population and speaker data from Bradley (2007)	Mandarin [cmn]	Some language heritage activities underway in the village school (Bradley 2007).	all	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	No fluent speakers under 50.	14	15	China	Yunnan Province, Guandu district, Kunming municipality, Zijun village. A few elderly speakers in Zhenkang and Yongde.
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub																24.9359, 102.7935
	2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			David Bradley	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.	HHOLD	2,808	0	~400	100-999	No fluent speakers under fifty.	Chinese			Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Severely endangered but some language heritage activities underway in the village school.		15	China	Yunnan, Kunming City, Guandu District

Samatao

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Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~400

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

400

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Samatao

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Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~400

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

400

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