Native to China Language family mixed Mandarin–Tibetan Glottolog daoh1239 | Native speakers 2,685 (1995) ISO 639-3 None (mis) | |
Region Yajiang County, Sichuan | ||
The Dao language (Chinese: 倒话; Daohua) is a Chinese–Tibetan mixed language or creolized language of Yajiang County, Sichuan, China. Word order is SOV as in Tibetan (Yeshes Vodgsal Atshogs 2004:6), while the lexicon consists of words derived from both Chinese and Tibetan.
Distribution
Yeshes Vodgsal Atshogs (2004:6) reports that Dao is spoken in the following townships of Yajiang County, Sichuan, China. Within these administrative townships, Dao is spoken in 8 villages, comprising a total of 504 households and 2,685 individuals as of 1995.
References
Dao language (China) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA