The Samu (autonym: '; ) language, or Samatao ('; Chinese 撒马多 ''Samaduo''), also known as Eastern Samadu, is a

Loloish language The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its rel ...

spoken by older adults in Zijun Village 子君村 (also called Da'er), Yiliu Township 矣六乡,

Guandu District Guandu District () is one of seven districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or c ...

官渡区,

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

, China. Although there was an ethnic population of 2,465 in 1999, there are no fluent speakers under 50 years of age.Bradley, David. 2005. "Sanie and language loss in China".''International Journal of the Sociology of Language''. Volume 2005, Issue 173, Pp. 159–176.

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