The Dao language (; Daohua) is a
Chinese–
Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken diale ...
mixed language
A mixed language is a language that arises among a bilingual group combining aspects of two or more languages but not clearly deriving primarily from any single language. It differs from a creole or pidgin language in that, whereas creoles/pidgin ...
or
creolized language of
Yajiang County,
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...
, 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
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...
, China. Within these administrative townships, Dao is spoken in 8 villages, comprising a total of 504 households and 2,685 individuals as of 1995.
*Hekou town 河口镇 (including Mazishi village 麻子石村
[Representative dialect covered by Atshogs (2004)])
*Bajiaolou township 八角楼乡
*Xiala township 呷拉乡
Choyo, a Qiangic language, is spoken just to the north of Dao, and is also spoken in Xiala township 呷拉乡.
See also
*
Wutun language
The Wutun language () is a Chinese– Tibetan– Mongolian creole language. It is spoken by about 4,000 people, most of whom are classified as Monguor (Tu) by the Chinese government. Wutun speakers reside in two villages (Upper Wutun 上五屯 ...
References
*Yeshes Vodgsal Atshogs / Yixiweisa Acuo
西微萨・阿错 2004. ''A study of Dao''
话研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House
族出版社
External links
Dao numerals
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Chinese-based pidgins and creoles
Languages of China
Mandarin Chinese
Tibetan language
Mixed languages