Jinuo, Buyuan

A language of China

Buyuan, Jino

1,000 (1994). Most monolingual. Ethnic population: All Jinuo: 23,100 (2010 census).

Yunnan province: Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, near Laos and Myanmar borders, east of Jinghong in Youle mountains. 40 villages.

6b (Threatened). Language of recognized nationality: Jinuo.

Buyuan and Youle dialects not inherently intelligible. Chinese used for communication.

SOV; initial consonant clusters (stop or nasal plus, r); no syllable-final consonants; mostly monosyllabic words; tonal, 6 tones.

All domains. Some of all ages. Also use Lü [khb]. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Literacy rate in L2: 83% in any language (2000 census, Jinuo nationality).

Latin script [Latn].

Traditional religion.