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Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China
Zauzou
Rouruo
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
EthnicityNu
Native speakers
2,100 (2007)
Language codes
ISO 639-3zal
Glottologzauz1238
ELPZauzou
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.

Distribution

In Tu'e District, Rouruo is spoken in Tu'e (兔峨), Bijifeng (碧鸡风), Wupijiang (吾批江), Guoli (果力), Xiaocun (小村), Jiangmo (江末), and a few other locations. The two major dialects are Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末). 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) (subscription required)
  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. ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Tùé Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会兔峨村 [Tu'e Village, "Tu'e Village Committee," Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  4. ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Bìjīlán Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会碧鸡岚村 [Bijilan Village, "Tu'e Village Committee," Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  5. ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Wúpíjiāng Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会吾皮江村 [Wupijiang Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  6. ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Guǒlì Cūnwěihuì Guǒlì Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡果力村委会果力村 [Guoli Village, Guoli Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  7. ^ "Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Jiāngmò Cūnwěihuì Jiāngmò Cūn" 兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡江末村委会江末村 [Jiangmo Village, Jiangmo Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  8. ^ Sun (2002)

Works cited

  • Sun, Hongkai 孙宏开 (2002). Róuruòyǔ yánjiū 柔若语研究 [A Study of Rouruo] (in Chinese). Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.

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