Zauzou language
Zauzou (Rouruo 柔若, Jaojo, Raorou; autoynm: 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.
| Zauzou | |
|---|---|
| Rouruo | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Nu |
Native speakers | 2,100 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zal |
| Glottolog | zauz1238[3] |
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 (Rouruoyu Yanjiu). The two major dialects are Guoli 果力 and Jiangmo 江末 (Sun Hongkai 2002). 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.
gollark: Wait what?
gollark: saltkin saltkin
gollark: saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins saltkins
gollark: Utter chaos.
gollark: True fact: this fact is true.
References
- Zauzou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012:145), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Zauzou". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185041
- http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185043
- http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185042
- http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185047
- http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185076
- http://faculty.washington.edu/zhandel/Handel_Zauzou.pdf
- Sun Hongkai (2002). A study of Rouruo [柔若语研究].
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