Budu () is a
Southern
Southern may refer to:
Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
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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 rela ...
of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
, China. Budu is spoken in
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County
Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southern Yunnan, China, bordering Laos and Vietnam to the south, making it the only county in the province to border more than ...
,
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County
Mojiang Hani Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in the south of Yunnan Province, China.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County has 12 towns, 2 townships an ...
,
Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County
Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in the west central part of Yunnan Province, China.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autono ...
, and
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County
Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County (; Hani: ) is a county of south-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. The county seat is the town of Lijiang (), while the county itself is under the administration of Yuxi City. It de ...
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Many Budu born after c. 1970 are unable to speak the language.
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References
*You Weiqiong ï¿½ï¿½ä¼Ÿç¼ 2013. ''Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan'' ��å—æ°‘æ—è¯†åˆ«ç ”ç©¶ Beijing: Nationalities Press ��æ—出版社
Southern Loloish languages
Languages of Yunnan
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