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
A grammar of the Kadu (Asak) language
David Sangdong. A Grammar of the Kadu (Asak) Language. PhD thesis, La Trobe University, 2012. Online: http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/downloads/Sangdong-2012-Gramm….
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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
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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
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Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Transmission
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All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Myanmar
Location Description
Banmauk Township (where the Sttaw and Mawkhwin dialects are spoken) within Katha District in Sagaing Division. Additional coordinates are for Rajapalong, Maungdaw, and Paletwa.
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Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Burmese
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Jing Pho is a sister language to the Kadu/Chak/Sak family.
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.