Katso language
Katso, also known as Kazhuo (autonyms: kʰɑ⁵⁵tso³¹, kɑ⁵⁵tso³¹; Chinese: 卡卓), is a Loloish language of Xingmeng Township (兴蒙乡), Tonghai County, Yunnan, China. The speakers are officially classified as ethnic Mongols, although they speak a Loloish language.
| Katso | |
|---|---|
| Kazhuo | |
| Native to | China |
Native speakers | (4,000 cited 1997) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kaf |
| Glottolog | kats1235 |
| ELP | |
Katso speakers call themselves kʰɑ⁵⁵tso³¹ (卡卓) or kɑ⁵⁵tso³¹ (嘎卓) (Kazhuoyu Yanjiu).
Lama (2012) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Loloish as Kazhuoish innovations.
- *x- > s-
- *mr- > z-
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