Katso
Katso is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Katso, also known as Kazhuo or Khatso (autonyms: kʰɑ⁵⁵tso³¹, kɑ⁵⁵tso³¹; Chinese: 卡卓), is a Loloish language of Xingmeng Township (兴蒙乡), Tonghai County, Yunnan, China. The speakers are officially classified as ethnic Mongols, although they speak a Loloish language. Over 99% of the residents township speak Katso, and Katso is used as a means of daily communication, though it is fading amongst younger speakers.
Katso speakers call themselves kʰɑ⁵⁵tso³¹ (卡卓) or kɑ⁵⁵tso³¹ (嘎卓) (Kazhuoyu Yanjiu).
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Words in Katso
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | cho* | |
| name | micz* | |
| eye | 5acE* | |
| ear | napaChapha* | |
| nose | nakhv* | |
| tooth | szsz* | |
| tongue | la* | |
| hand | lapha* | |
| blood | sz* | |
| bone | vku* | |
| skin | sakhukhu* | |
| knee | chzcz* | |
| breast | aN* | |
| liver | ka* | |
| water | ji³²³tɕa⁵³ | |
| fire | mto* | |
| sun | mcha* | |
| star | koza* | |
| stone | noma* | |
| mountain | pE* | |
| tree | szcoco* | |
| leaf | szChaCha* | |
| night | mchz* | |
| dog | chz* | |
| fish | Na* | |
| louse | sE* | |
| one | tE* | |
| two | N* | |
| I | Na* | |
| you | nE* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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