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The Cuosuo Language is a newly discovered cross-border language yet seriously endangered one spoken by a small community of 549 speakers (2014) who call themselves “Cuosuo”. Making a life by doing farming work with slash-and-burn, this group migrated to and fro a few years back in the tropical jungle areas close to the China-Laos borderline.
The Cuosuo people in China live collectively in Mangang Village, Mengla County, Yunnan Province while those in Laos live in Bannanli and Banshalue villages in Wude County, Phongsaly Province. In China they were regarded as “an unidentified minzu subgroup” before 2004 when they were allowed to join either the Hani or Bulang due to linguistic and cultural similarities they share with these two officially identified groups.
作者简介
BAI Bibo is a professor at Yuxi Normal University, People’s Republic of China. He studied linguistics at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, University of London, University of Oregon, and University of Texas. As director of the Innovation Team for Documentation and Research of Endangered Languages in Yunnan, he has been doing projects sponsored by the Chinese government. His monographs such as Digital Archives of the Sadu Folk Stories and A Study of the Cuosuo Language have been published by Minzu Publishing House. The conferences held by his team on Heritage Maintenance of Endangered Languages have received an attention from linguistic circles at home and abroad.
XU Xianming is a professor at Yuxi Normal University, People’s Republic of China. She studied linguistics at Payap University, and received linguistic training at La Trobe University, University of London and University of Texas. As director of the Research Center for Endangered Languages in her university, she has been doing research on severely endangered languages in Yunnan Province. She has been awarded with several research grants by the Chinese government. Her monographs such as Digital Archives of the Sadu Folk Stories and A Study of the Hlersu Language have been published by Minzu Publishing House in the last decade.
SUN Xingwen is a professor at Yunnan Normal University, People’s Republic of China. He pursued his studies in Nanchong Teachers College, Sichuan University, California State University, and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His interests lie chiefly in linguistics and translation, and has got 6 books and 26 papers published. His recent courses include English Linguistics, Formal Linguistics, and Basics of Written Translation. His major books include A Study of Sadu Language by American Academic Press in 2015, China’s Bamboo by International Network for Bamboo and Rattan in 2010, and From GB to MP: Syntax Theories and Sentence Analyses by Science Press in 2010.
ZOU Xia is an associate professor at Yunnan Normal University, People’s Republic of China. She pursued her studies in Hunan Normal University, National University of Singapore, and the University of Sydney. As dean of the English department at her university, she concurrently serves as coordinator of the National Training Program for Teachers in Middle and Primary Schools. Her academic interests lie chiefly in linguistics, translation and teacher education as well. Up to now she has got 18 papers and some book chapters published.
