Cosao language

Cosao
Cosao
Native to	China, Laos
Ethnicity	Hani
Native speakers	550 (2015)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Siloid Cosao; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	cosa1234
ELP	Cosao

Cosao (autonym: tsʰo55 sɔ55;^[2] Chinese: 搓梭) is a Loloish language of China and Laos. The Cosao call themselves tsʰo55 sɔ55, but are referred to by other ethnic groups as the Paijiao people (排角人).^[2] They are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Hani people.^[2]

Demographics

In China, there are 149 ethnic Cosao people living in the village of Man'gang 曼冈,^[3] Mengban Village 勐伴村, Mengban Town 勐伴镇, Mengla County, Yunnan.

In northern Laos, there are 400 ethnic Cosao people in 2 villages in Phongsaly Province, namely Ban Nanli 板南里 (21°45′15″N 102°11′21″E) and Ban Shalue 板沙略 in Boun Tay District 乌德县 (Bai 2015:2-3). Ban Nanli is the older village of the two, since Cosao residents of Ban Shalue report that their ancestors had migrated from Ban Nanli. The two villages are located about 20 kilometers apart from each other.

There are 550 Cosao people total in both China and Laos. In China, Cosao speakers are classified as ethnic Hani.

Classification

Cosao is most closely related to the Khir language of Phongsaly Province, Laos.^[4] In turn, Cosao and Khir both belong to the Sila language cluster, which includes Sila, Sida, Phusang, Khir, and Cosao.

References

^ Bai Bibo [白碧波]. 2015b. Documentation of endangered Cosao "green codes" in Yunnan, China. Presentation given at the 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), Honolulu, Hawaii.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bai (2015:1)
^ "勐腊县关累镇曼岗村委会曼岗自然村". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2016. The classification of Cosao: a Lolo-Burmese language of China and Laos. Presented at the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium, Guwahati, India.

Bai Bibo [白碧波]. 2015. A study of Cosao [搓梭语研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社]. ISBN 9787105138913

[Bai2015b-1] Bai Bibo [白碧波]. 2015b. Documentation of endangered Cosao "green codes" in Yunnan, China. Presentation given at the 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), Honolulu, Hawaii.

[Bai2015-1-2] Bai (2015:1)

[3] "勐腊县关累镇曼岗村委会曼岗自然村". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2015-03-28.

[Hsiu2016-4] Hsiu, Andrew. 2016. The classification of Cosao: a Lolo-Burmese language of China and Laos. Presented at the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium, Guwahati, India.

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