| Lahu | ||
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| Lahu | ||
| Spoken in | Yunnan, China; Thailand; Laos; Myanmar | |
| Total speakers | 577,178 | |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan | |
| Regulated by | No official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | ? | |
| ISO 639-3 | lhu | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Lahu language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lahu people of China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos. Similarities in phonology and grammar have been noted with Korean; however, these are not generally accepted as evidence of any genetic relationship. [1] Lahu is widely used in China, both by Lahu people, and by other ethnic minorities in Yunnan, who use it as a lingua franca. [2] However, the language is not widely used nor taught in any schools in Thailand, where many Lahu are in fact refugees and illegal immigrants, having crossed into Thailand from Myanmar. [3]
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Dialects
Three dialects are noted, known by a variety of names: [4]
- Na (Black Lahu, Musser Dam, Northern Lahu, Loheirn)
- Nyi (Red Lahu, Southern Lahu, Musseh Daeng, Luhishi, Luhushi), Shehleh
- Lahu Shehleh
- Lahu Shi (Yellow Lahu, Kutsung)
Black Lahu is the standard dialect in China, [2] as well as the lingua franca among different groups of Lahu in Thailand. [3] However, it is intelligible to speakers of Yellow Lahu only with some difficulty. [2]
Notes
Sources
- Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
- Lee, Hyun-bok (2000). "라후어의 언어학적 연구 (A Linguistic Study of Lahu)". The Journal of Humanities (Seoul National University) 44. http://www.cyberub.com/book_info.php3?bk_cd=221891. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
- Matisoff, James A. (2006). English-Lahu Lexicon. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
- Reh, Louis (August 2005). "Silenced Minorities". The Irrawaddy. http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=4901&z=107. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
Further reading
- Wang, Zhenghua (2004). "拉祜语共时音变研究 (On the Synchronic Phonetic Change of the Lahu Language)". Yunnan Nationalities University Journal (1). http://scholar.ilib.cn/Abstract.aspx?A=ynmzxyxb-zxsh200401033. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
- Shi, Feng; Liu, Jing-rong (2006). "拉祜语的元音格局 (The Vowel Pattern of the Lahu Language)". Yunnan Nationalities University Journal (2). http://scholar.ilib.cn/Abstract.aspx?A=ynmzxyxb-zxsh200602033. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
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