Zauzou language
{{Short description|Loloish language spoken in Yunnan, China}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Zauzou
|altname=Rouruo
|nativename=
|region=Yunnan
|states=China
|ethnicity=Nu
|speakers=2,100
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)
|fam3=Lolo–Burmese
|fam4=Loloish
|iso3=zal
|glotto=zauz1238
|glottorefname=Zauzou
|map2=Lang Status 80-VU.svg
|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Zauzou is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}
}}
Zauzou (Rouruo 柔若, Jaojo, Raorou; autonym: {{IPA|zau55 zou33}}) is a Loloish language of Tu'e District (兔峨地区), Lanping County, Yunnan, China. It is most closely related to Nusu.
Distribution
In Tu'e District, Rouruo is spoken in Tu'e (兔峨),{{Cite web |title=Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Tùé Cūn |script-title=zh:兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会兔峨村 |trans-title=Tu'e Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185041 |url-status=dead |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610225542/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185041 }} Bijifeng (碧鸡风),{{Cite web |title=Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Bìjīlán Cūn |script-title=zh:兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会碧鸡岚村 |trans-title=Bijilan Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185043 |url-status=dead |language=zh |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610231714/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185043 }} Wupijiang (吾批江),{{Cite web |title=Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Tùé Cūnwěihuì Wúpíjiāng Cūn |script-title=zh:兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡兔峨村委会吾皮江村 |trans-title=Wupijiang Village, Tu'e Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185042 |url-status=dead |language=zh |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610194915/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185042 }} Guoli (果力),{{Cite web |title=Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Guǒlì Cūnwěihuì Guǒlì Cūn |script-title=zh:兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡果力村委会果力村 |trans-title=Guoli Village, Guoli Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185047 |url-status=dead |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610193833/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185047 }} Xiaocun (小村), Jiangmo (江末),{{Cite web |title=Lánpíng Báizú Pǔmǐzú Zìzhìxiàn Tùé Xiāng Jiāngmò Cūnwěihuì Jiāngmò Cūn |script-title=zh:兰坪白族普米族自治县兔峨乡江末村委会江末村 |trans-title=Jiangmo Village, Jiangmo Village Committee, Tu'e Township, Lanping Bai and Pumi Autonomous County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185076 |url-status=dead |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610193011/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=185076 }} and a few other locations.{{harvp|Sun|2002}} The two major dialects are Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末). {{harvcoltxt|Sun|2002}} provides extensive vocabulary word lists for the Guoli (果力) and Jiangmo (江末) dialects.
Innovations
{{harvcoltxt|Lama|2012}} observes a sound change of *r- > Ø from Proto-Loloish as a Nusoish innovation.
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{Cite web |last=Handel |first=Zev |title=[Review of Róuruòyû yánjiü, by Sün Hóngkäi, Huáng Chénglóng, and Zhöu Máocâo] |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/zhandel/Handel_Zauzou.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=2012-10-03 |archive-date=2012-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017071811/http://faculty.washington.edu/zhandel/Handel_Zauzou.pdf }}
Works cited
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- {{Cite book |last=Sun |first=Hongkai 孙宏开 |title=Róuruòyǔ yánjiū |date=2002 |publisher=Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe |location=Beijing Shi |language=zh |script-title=zh:柔若语研究 |trans-title=A Study of Rouruo}}
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{{Languages of China}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}