The Khatso Language Project

Statue of a Horse with inscription beneathVillage statue erected in 2003 to commemorate the 750th anniversary of the Mongols settling in Yunnan. The bilingual dedication includes both Chinese and Mongolian, but not Khatso, which has no writing system.

Welcome to the Khatso Language Project website, dedicated to the Khatso people of China and their language.

The Khatso 喀卓 language is spoken in a single village in central Yunnan, a province in southwestern China. This website provides an overview of the people, the language, and this project.

We thank the Khatso people for their warm welcome, generous assistance and continued support of this project. 

This project is supported in part by the National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Fund (BCS-1226804), ACLS/Mellon, the Endangered Language Fund and SJSU’s Khan Endowed Professional Development Fund.