| Katso | |
|---|---|
| Kazhuo | |
| Native to | China |
|
Native speakers
|
4,000 (1997) |
|
Sino-Tibetan
|
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | kats1235 |
Katso, also known as Kazhuo (autonyms: kʰɑ˥tso˧˩, kɑ˥tso˧˩; 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 speakers call themselves kʰɑ˥tso˧˩ (卡卓) or kɑ˥tso˧˩ (嘎卓) (Kazhuoyu Yanjiu).
Lama (2012) lists the following sound changes from Proto-Loloish as Kazhuoish innovations.