Zauzou language

Zauzou
	Rouruo
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Ethnicity	Nu
Native speakers	2,100 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Nusoish Zauzou; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zal
Glottolog	zauz1238
	Zauzou is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Short description: Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China

Zauzou (Rouruo 柔若, Jaojo, Raorou; autonym: zau55 zou33) is a Loloish language of Tu'e District (兔峨地区), Lanping County, Yunnan, China. It is most closely related to Nusu.

Distribution

In Tu'e District, Rouruo is spoken in Tu'e (兔峨),^[4] Bijifeng (碧鸡风),^[5] Wupijiang (吾批江),^[6] Guoli (果力),^[7] Xiaocun (小村), Jiangmo (江末),^[8] and a few other locations.^[9] The two major dialects are Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末).^[9] Sun (2002) provides extensive vocabulary word lists for the Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末) dialects.

Innovations

Lama (2012) observes a sound change of *r- > Ø from Proto-Loloish as a Nusoish innovation.

References

↑ Zauzou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study from the Perspectives of Shared Innovation and Phylogenetic Estimation (Ph.D. thesis). University of Texas at Arlington. p. 145. hdl:10106/11161.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Zauzou". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/zauz1238.
↑ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Tùé Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185041.
↑ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Bìjīlán Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185043.
↑ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Wúpíjiāng Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185042.
↑ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Guǒlì Cūnwěihuì Guǒlì Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185047.
↑ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Jiāngmò Cūnwěihuì Jiāngmò Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185076.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Sun (2002)

Handel, Zev. "[Review of Róuruòyû yánjiü, by Sün Hóngkäi, Huáng Chénglóng, and Zhöu Máocâo"]. http://faculty.washington.edu/zhandel/Handel_Zauzou.pdf.

Works cited

Sun, Hongkai 孙宏开 (2002) (in zh). Róuruòyǔ yánjiū. Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.

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[e18-1] Zauzou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012). Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study from the Perspectives of Shared Innovation and Phylogenetic Estimation (Ph.D. thesis). University of Texas at Arlington. p. 145. hdl:10106/11161.

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Zauzou". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/zauz1238.

[4] "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Tùé Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185041.

[5] "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Bìjīlán Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185043.

[6] "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Wúpíjiāng Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185042.

[7] "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Guǒlì Cūnwěihuì Guǒlì Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185047.

[8] "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Jiāngmò Cūnwěihuì Jiāngmò Cūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185076.

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Zauzou language

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