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
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
37,000 (including both Kadu (zkd) and Kanan (zkn))
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Strong desire to maintain language and identity"
Location and Context
Countries
Myanmar
Location Description
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Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Burmese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
Official domains
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Latin script; Miao (Pollard) script
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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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.