Zauzou language

Zauzou
Zauzou
Rouruo
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Ethnicity	Nu
Native speakers	2,100 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Nusoish Zauzou; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zal
Glottolog	zauz1238
ELP	Zauzou
	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),^[3] Bijifeng (碧鸡风),^[4] Wupijiang (吾批江),^[5] Guoli (果力),^[6] Xiaocun (小村), Jiangmo (江末),^[7] and a few other locations.^[8] The two major dialects are Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末).^[8] 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

^ Zauzou at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Sun (2002)

Handel, Zev. "[Review of Róuruòyû yánjiü, by Sün Hóngkäi, Huáng Chénglóng, and Zhöu Máocâo]" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-10-03.

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.

[e18-1] 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.

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