Samu language

Samu
Samu
Samatao
Native to	China
Ethnicity	2,810 (2007)
Native speakers	400 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Kazhuoish Samu; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ysd
Glottolog	sama1295
ELP	Samatao

The Samu (autonym: sa33 mu33; Chinese: 撒慕) language, or Samatao (sa33 ma21 taw21; Chinese 撒马多 Samaduo), also known as Eastern Samadu, is a Loloish language spoken by older adults in Zijun Village 子君村 (also called Da'er), Yiliu Township 矣六乡, Guandu District 官渡区, Kunming, China.^[3] Although there was an ethnic population of 2,465 in 1999, there are no fluent speakers under 50 years of age.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Samu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington
^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=56039
^ Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.

[e18-1] Samu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington

[3] ttp://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=56039

[4] Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.

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