Kadu language

Kadu
Asak
Native toMyanmar
RegionSagaing Region
EthnicityKadu
Native speakers
30,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
  • Mawteik
  • Settaw
  • Mawkhwin
Language codes
ISO 639-3zkd
Glottologkadu1254
ELPKadu
Kadu consonants and vowels video
Kadu 19 consonants

Kadu or Kado (Kadu:); is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Sal branch spoken in Sagaing Region, Myanmar by the Kadu people. Dialects are Settaw, Mawkhwin, and Mawteik [extinct], with 30,000 speakers total. Kadu is considered an endangered language, and is closely related to the Ganan and Sak languages.[2]

  1. ^ Kadu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Kadu". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2024-01-07.