Dao language (China)

The Dao language (Chinese: 倒话; pinyin: dàohuà; lit. 'inverted language'; Daohua) is a Chinese–Tibetan mixed language or creolized language of Yajiang County, Sichuan, China. Word order is SOV as in Tibetan (Yeshes Vodgsal Atshogs 2004:6), while the lexicon consists of words derived from both Chinese and Tibetan.

Dao
Native toChina
RegionYajiang County, Sichuan
Native speakers
(2,685 cited 1995)
mixed Mandarin–Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologdaoh1239
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