Also Known As:
Gadu, Gamaan, Kado, Kantu, Kadu-Ganaan, Kato, Kudo, Maw, Mawteik, Puteik, Asak, Sak, Thet, Kadu, Andro, Sengmai, Chakpa, Phayeng, Katu, Gado, Woni, That, ကဒူး
Dialects & Varieties
- Settaw
- Mawkhwin
- Mawteik
Recent Resources
The writing is about the phonology of the Kadu language including its tones, sandhi, and tonogenesis
The article presents the Kadu language holistically; gramar, phonology, words and so on.
This is a very early research on Kadu; there is a list of Kadu words at the end of the article.
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 0
Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
David Sangdong. A Grammar of the Kadu (Asak) Language. PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 2012. Online: http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/downloads/Sangdong-2012-Grammar_of_Kadu.pdf.
Bibliography of Locations:
David Sangdong. A Grammar of the Kadu (Asak) Language. PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 2012. Online: http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/downloads/Sangdong-2012-Grammar_of_Kadu.pdf.
Bibliography of Context:
David Sangdong. A Grammar of the Kadu (Asak) Language. PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 2012. Online: http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/downloads/Sangdong-2012-Grammar_of_Kadu.pdf.