Duota language
Duota (Chinese: 多塔) is a Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Duota is spoken in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County, and Yuanjiang Hani, Yi and Dai Autonomous County.
| Duota | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China | 
| Region | Yunnan | 
| Ethnicity | 10,000 Hani (1996)[1] | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None ( mis) | 
| Glottolog | None | 
In Yuanjiang County, Duota is spoken in Mili 咪哩乡 and Yangchajie 羊岔街乡 townships (Yuxi 1992:97).[2] Duota is classified as a Haoni language in Yuxi (1992:97), along with Asuo and Budu of Yinyuan Town 因远镇. Li & Minta (2016:157-182) classify the Duota language of Mili Village,[3] Mili Township 咪哩乡, Yuanjiang County as belonging to the Haoni-Baihong language cluster, and include a word list of Duota transcribed using Chinese characters. The Duota are separate from the Duoke 堕课 people of the two hamlets of Xiaogancha 小甘岔[4] and Xinzhai 新寨[5] villages near Mili Village 咪哩村 (Li & Minta 2016:8).
References
    
- http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/D/Duota.pdf
- Yuxi Prefecture Ethnic Gazetteer 玉溪地区民族志 (1992)
- 元江县咪哩乡咪哩村民委员会
- 元江县咪哩乡甘岔村民委员会
- 元江县咪哩乡甘岔村民委员会新寨
- You Weiqiong [尤伟琼]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族识别研究]. Beijing: Nationalities Press [民族出版社].
- Li Kaidong [李凯冬]; Minta Minji [敏塔敏吉]. 2016. Zhongguo Yuanjiang Hanizu Duotaren wenhua shilu [中国元江哈尼族多塔人文化实录]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社]. ISBN 978-7-222-14571-9