Samu language

{{Short description|Endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China}}

{{distinguish|Samatu language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Samu

|nativename=Samatao

|states=China

|ethnicity=2,810 (2007)

|speakers=400

|date=2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=Tibeto-Burman

|fam3=Lolo–Burmese

|fam4=Loloish

|fam5=KazhuoishLama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan (2012), Subgrouping of Nisoic (Yi) Languages, thesis, University of Texas at Arlington

|iso3=ysd

|glotto=sama1295

|glottorefname=Samatao

}}

The Samu (autonym: {{IPA|sa33 mu33}}; {{zh|撒慕}}) language, or Samatao ({{IPA|sa33 ma21 taw21}}; Chinese 撒马多 Samaduo), also known as Eastern Samadu, is a Loloish language spoken by older adults in Zijun Village 子君村 (also called Da'er), Yiliu Township 矣六乡, Guandu District 官渡区, Kunming, China.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=56039 |title=官渡区矣六街道办事处子君村民委员会子君村 |access-date=2013-03-02 |archive-date=2013-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016090045/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=56039 |url-status=dead }} 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.