Dao | |
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Native to | China |
Region | Yajiang County, Sichuan |
Native speakers | (2,685 cited 1995) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog |
daoh1239 |
The Dao language ( Chinese: 倒话; pinyin: dàohuà; lit. 'inverted language'; 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.
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.
Choyo, a Qiangic language, is spoken just to the north of Dao, and is also spoken in Xiala township 呷拉乡.