Kadu people

Kadu people
ကတူး
Total population
	180,000 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
	Myanmar
Languages
	Kadu, Burmese
Religion
	Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
	Chak, Kanan

The Kadu people (Burmese: ကတူးလူမျိုး; also spelt Kado) are an ethnic group in Myanmar. They speak the Kadu language.^[1] They mostly reside in the country's northwestern hills, centred around Katha, and are ethnolinguistically related to the Ganan and Sak peoples.^[2]^[3] The Kadu traditionally cultivate rice on irrigated terraces.^[4]

^ "Kadu".
^ Bradley, David (2002). "The Subgrouping of Tibeto-Burman". In Beckwith, Christopher I. (ed.). Brill's Tibetan studies library. 2,6: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: Leiden 2000 / ed. by Christopher I. Beckwith. Proceedings of the ... seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. Leiden Köln: Brill. pp. 73–112. ISBN 978-90-04-12424-0.
^ Ping, He (2006). "Rise and fall of Kantu: A historical study of an ancient Tibeto-Burmese speaking group". Frontiers of History in China. 1 (4): 535–543. doi:10.1007/s11462-006-0018-9. ISSN 1673-3401.
^ Seekins, Donald M. (2017-03-27). Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-5381-0183-4.

[1] "Kadu".

[:0-2] Bradley, David (2002). "The Subgrouping of Tibeto-Burman". In Beckwith, Christopher I. (ed.). Brill's Tibetan studies library. 2,6: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: Leiden 2000 / ed. by Christopher I. Beckwith. Proceedings of the ... seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. Leiden Köln: Brill. pp. 73–112. ISBN 978-90-04-12424-0.

[:1-3] Ping, He (2006). "Rise and fall of Kantu: A historical study of an ancient Tibeto-Burmese speaking group". Frontiers of History in China. 1 (4): 535–543. doi:10.1007/s11462-006-0018-9. ISSN 1673-3401.

[:4-4] Seekins, Donald M. (2017-03-27). Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-5381-0183-4.

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