Also Known As:
Khàtù, Gazhuo, Kado, Kadu, 卡多話
Dialects & Varieties
A reference grammar of Mojiang Kaduo (墨江哈尼族卡多話參考語法)
Min Zhao (趙敏) and Maoyun Zhu (朱茂云). 2011. "A Reference Grammar of Mojiang Kaduo (墨江哈尼族卡多話參考語法)." Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press (中國社會科學出版社).
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
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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
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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Speakers
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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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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
China; Laos
Location Description
The Kaduo people dwell primarily in Yunnan 雲南Province (China), specifically Miaojiang (墨江哈尼族自治縣), Jiangcheng (江城哈尼族彝族自治縣), Zhenyuan (鎮沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣) of Pu'er 普洱 city, and Xinping (新平彝族傣族自治縣) of Yuxi 玉溪 city .
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Mandarin Chinese; Yi/Loloish; Hani dialects
Number of Other Language Speakers:
a great deal
Domains of Other Languages:
Mandarin in official domains, and other languages when socializing with outsiders
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
roman scripts
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
An orthography based on Haya 哈雅 dialect of Hani (Yi/Ngwi/Loloish/Nisoic) was published in 1957-58.
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