Zauzou language
Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China
| Zauzou | |
|---|---|
| Rouruo | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Nu |
Native speakers | 2,100 (2007)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zal |
| Glottolog | zauz1238 |
| ELP | Zauzou |
 Zauzou is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Zauzou (Rouruo 柔若, Jaojo, Raorou; autonym: zau55 zou33) is a Loloish language of Tu'e District (兔峨地区), Lanping County, Yunnan, China. It is most closely related to Nusu.
Distribution
In Tu'e District, Rouruo is spoken in Tu'e (兔峨),[3] Bijifeng (碧鸡风),[4] Wupijiang (吾批江),[5] Guoli (果力),[6] Xiaocun (小村), Jiangmo (江末),[7] and a few other locations.[8] The two major dialects are Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末).[8] Sun (2002) provides extensive vocabulary word lists for the Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末) dialects.
Innovations
Lama (2012) observes a sound change of *r- > Ø from Proto-Loloish as a Nusoish innovation.
References
- ^ Zauzou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study from the Perspectives of Shared Innovation and Phylogenetic Estimation (Ph.D. thesis). University of Texas at Arlington. p. 145. hdl:10106/11161.
- ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Tùé Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会兔峨村 [Tu'e Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Bìjīlán Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会碧鸡岚村 [Bijilan Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Wúpíjiāng Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会吾皮江村 [Wupijiang Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Guǒlì Cūnwěihuì Guǒlì Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡果力村委会果力村 [Guoli Village, Guoli Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Jiāngmò Cūnwěihuì Jiāngmò Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡江末村委会江末村 [Jiangmo Village, Jiangmo Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ a b Sun (2002)
- Handel, Zev. "[Review of Róuruòyû yánjiü, by Sün Hóngkäi, Huáng Chénglóng, and Zhöu Máocâo]" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
Works cited
- Sun, Hongkai 孙宏开 (2002). Róuruòyǔ yánjiū 柔若语研究 [A Study of Rouruo] (in Chinese). Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
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