Zauzou language

Short description: Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China

Zauzou

Rouruo
Native to| China
Region| Yunnan
Ethnicity| Nu

Native speakers

| 2,100 (2007)[1]

Language family

Sino-Tibetan

* (Tibeto-Burman)
* Lolo–Burmese
* Loloish
* Nusoish[2]
* Zauzou

Language codes
ISO 639-3| `zal`
Glottolog| `zauz1238`[3]

Zauzou is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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.

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Innovations
* 3 References
* 4 Works cited

## 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

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.
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.
9. ↑ 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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Languages of China

Official|

* Standard Mandarin

Regional|

| ARs / SARs|

* CantoneseHK/MC
* EnglishHK
* MongolianNM
* PortugueseMC
* TibetanXZ
* UyghurXJ
* ZhuangGX

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Prefecture|

* Hmong
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* Korean
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* Tai Nüa
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* Zaiwa
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Counties/Banners|

numerous

Indigenous|

Sino-Tibetan languages

| Lolo-
Burmese|

| Mondzish|

* Kathu
* Maang
* Manga
* Mango
* Maza
* Mondzi
* Muangphe

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Burmish|

* Achang
* Xiandao
* Pela
* Lashi
* Chashan
* Lhao Vo
* Zaiwa

Loloish|

| Hanoish|

* Akeu
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* Amu
* Angluo
* Asuo
* Baihong
* Bisu
* Budu
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* Cosao
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* Enu
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Lisoish|

* Eka
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* Kuamasi
* Laizisi
* Lalo
* Lamu
* Lavu
* Lawu
* Limi
* Lipo
* Lisu
* Lolopo
* Mangdi
* Micha
* Mili
* Sonaga
* Toloza
* Xuzhang
* Yangliu
* Zibusi

Nisoish|

* Alingpo
* Alugu
* Aluo
* Axi
* Azha
* Azhe
* Bokha
* Gepo
* Khlula
* Lope
* Moji
* Muji
* Muzi
* Nasu
* Nisu
* Nuosu
* Phala
* Phola
* Phowa
* Phukha
* Phuma
* Phupa
* Phupha
* Phuza
* Samei
* Sani
* Thopho
* Zokhuo

Other|

* Gokhy
* Katso
* Kucong
* Lahu
* Naruo
* Namuyi
* Naxi
* Nusu
* Samu
* Sanie
* Zauzou

Qiangic|

* Baima
* Choyo
* Ersu
* Guiqiong
* Horpa
* Japhug
* Khroskyabs
* Laze
* Lizu
* Na
* Muya
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Tibetic|

* Amdo
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* Khalong
* Khams
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* Ladakhi
* Tseku
* Zhongu
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Other|

* Bai
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* Jingpho
* Longjia
* Nung
* Tujia
* Waxianghua

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| Austroasiatic|

* Bit
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* Hu
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* Mang
* Man Met
* Muak Sa-aak
* Palaung
* Riang
* U
* Va
* Wa

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Hmong-Mien|

| Hmongic|

* A-Hmao
* Bu-Nao
* Gejia
* Guiyang
* Hm Nai
* Hmong
* Hmu
* Huishui
* Kiong Nai
* Luobohe
* Mashan
* Pa-Hng
* Pa Na
* Pingtang
* Qo Xiong
* Raojia
* She
* Small Flowery
* Xixiu
* Younuo

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Mienic|

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Mongolic|

* Bonan
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* Santa
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Kra-Dai|

| Zhuang|

* Bouyei
* Dai
* Min
* Ningming
* Nong
* Tai Dam
* Tai Dón
* Tai Hongjin
* Tai Lü
* Tai Nüa
* Tai Ya
* Yang
* Yei

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Other|

* Ai-Cham
* Biao
* Buyang
* Cao Miao
* Chadong
* Cun
* Gelao
* Hlai
* Jiamao
* Kam
* Lakkja
* Mak
* Maonan
* Mulam
* Naxi Yao
* Ong Be
* Paha
* Qabiao
* Sui
* Then

Tungusic|

* Evenki
* Manchu
* Nanai
* Oroqen
* Xibe

Turkic|

* Äynu
* Fuyu Kyrgyz
* Ili Turki
* Lop
* Salar
* Western Yugur

Other|

* Sarikoli (Indo-European)
* Tsat (Austronesian)
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Minority|

* Kazakh
* Korean
* Kyrgyz
* Russian
* Tatar
* Tuvan
* Uzbek
* Vietnamese (Kinh)
* Wakhi

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Chinese|

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Creole/Mixed|

* E
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* Wutun

Extinct|

* Ba-Shu
* Jie
* Khitan
* Ruan-ruan
* Saka
* Tangut
* Tocharian
* Tuoba
* Tuyuhun
* Xianbei
* Zhang-Zhung

Sign|

* Chinese Sign
* Hong Kong SignHK/MC
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* XZ = Tibet

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