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Kaduo

Kaduo is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China and Laos. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Kaduo · 22.3°N 101.7°E

Kaduo (Khatu; Chinese: 卡多; pinyin: Kǎduō) is a Southern Loloish language spoken in Mojiang, Jiangcheng, Ning'er, Zhenyuan, and Xinping counties of Yunnan, China by about 20,000 people.

Zhu (2011) covered the Kaduo dialect of Shilong Village (石龙村), Mengnong Ethnic Yi Township (孟弄彝族乡), Mojiang County (墨江县).

From Wikipedia · Kaduo language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Kaduo

MeaningWordRomanization
personCu*
eyemyaci*
earnapu*
nosenatu*
toothaci*
handala*
bloodSin*
boneaZi*
waterwoCo*
firemico*
sun5imo*
starmityi*
stonelomo*
dogkhi*
fishNoSo*
louseSiphu*
onethi*
two5e*
INuo*
youno*
drinktu*
seemyu*
hearn3moCo*
dieSi*
comelo*
pathhakhu*
newami*
fullma*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • Youle JinuoSino-Tibetan42% alike
  • BiyoSino-Tibetan41% alike
  • HoniSino-Tibetan41% alike
  • EnuSino-Tibetan34% alike
  • AkhaSino-Tibetan33% alike
  • ZaiwaSino-Tibetan27% alike

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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