| Samu | |
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| Samatao | |
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | 2,810 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 400 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ysd |
| Glottolog | sama1295 |
| ELP | Samatao |
TheSamu (autonym:sa33mu33;Chinese:撒慕) language, orSamatao (sa33ma21taw21; Chinese 撒马多Samaduo), also known asEastern Samadu, is aLoloish language spoken by older adults in Zijun Village 子君村 (also called Da'er), Yiliu Township 矣六乡,Guandu District 官渡区,Kunming,China.[3] Although there was an ethnic population of 2,465 in 1999, there are no fluent speakers under 50 years of age.[4]
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||