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Adu language

Adu language

Loloish language of Yunnan, China

Adu (Chinese: 阿笃) is an unclassified Loloish language of Huaning County, Yunnan, China.

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Classification

Pelkey (2011:431)[1] suggests that the neighboring Xiqi, Ati, and Long languages of Huaning County may be Southeastern Loloish languages. Hsiu (2018) also suggests a Southeastern Loloish affiliation.[2]

Distribution

The Huaning County Gazetteer 华宁县志 (1994:514) lists the following locations of Adu.

  • Qinglong Town 青龙镇: Songzichang 松子场,[3] Xinzhai 新寨,[4] Douju 斗居,[5] Chengmendong 城门洞,[6] Niuqiduo 牛期多[7]
  • Lufeng Township 禄丰乡: Gele 革勒[8]

Vocabulary

The Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer (1992:72)[9] provides a short word list of Adu, Ati, Xiqi, Nong, and Azhe transcribed using Chinese characters, shown below. Pinyin transliterations have also been provided below.

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References

  1. [1]
    Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology As Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  2. [2]
    Hsiu, Andrew (2018). "Nisoish". Sino-Tibetan Branches Project. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  3. [3]
    "华宁县青龙镇斗居村民委员会松子厂村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  4. [4]
    "华宁县青龙镇斗居村民委员会新寨村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  5. [5]
    "华宁县青龙镇斗居村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  6. [6]
    "华宁县青龙镇城门硐村民委员会城门硐村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. [7]
    "华宁县青龙镇城门硐村民委员会牛期多村". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. [8]
    "华宁县青龙镇革勒村民委员会". ynszxc.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. [9]
    Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Huaning County Ethnic Gazetteer 华宁县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press 云南民族出版社.
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