Kaduo

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
ktp
Alternate Names
Kado, Khatu
User Population

180,000 in China (Bradley 2007b), increasing. Many monolinguals. Total users in all countries: 180,200.

Location

Yunnan province: primarily southeast Simao prefecture, Jiangcheng, Mojiang, and Pu’er counties.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous). Language of recognized nationality: Hani.

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Ngwi-Burmese, Ngwi, Southern
Typology

SOV; CV(V); a voiced-voiceless distinction only for fricatives; no tense or nasalized vowels; nouns mostly polysyllabic, other words mostly monosyllabic; many loanwords from Chinese; tonal, 8 tones.

Language Use

Home, village. Used by all. Most also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: Some in Chinese.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kaduo
Writing

Miao (Pollard) script [Plrd], no longer in use.

Other Comments

Different from Kadu [zkd] in Myanmar.

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