Samatu language

{{Short description|Moribund Loloish language of China}}

{{distinguish|Samataw language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Samatu

|nativename=

|states=China

|ethnicity=7,500 (2007)

|speakers=500

|date=2007

|ref=Bradley 2007 In Brenzinger, Matthias, ed. Language diversity endangered. Vol. 181. Walter de Gruyter, page 399.

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)

|fam3=Lolo–Burmese

|fam4=Loloish

|fam5=Central

|iso3=none

|glotto=sama1296

|glottorefname=Samatu

}}

Samatu (Samadu) is a moribund Loloish language spoken by older adults in Zhenkang and Yongde counties in Yunnan, China."Samatu" in Christopher Moseley, 2004, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages