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Khmuic Languages
The Khmuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken mostly in northern Laos, as well as in neighboring northern Vietnam and southern Yunnan, China. Khmu is the only widely spoken language in the group. Homeland Paul Sidwell (2015) suggests that the Khmuic Urheimat (homeland) was in what is now Oudomxay Province, northern Laos. Languages The Khmuic languages are: *Mlabri (Yumbri) * Kniang (Phong 3, Tay Phong) * Ksingmul (Puok, Pou Hok, Khsing-Mul) * Khmu’ *Khuen * O’du * Prai * Mal (Thin) * Theen (Kha Sam Liam) There is some disagreement over whether Bit is Khmuic or Palaungic; Svantesson believes it is most likely Palaungic, and it is sometimes placed in Mangic, but most classifications here take them as Khmuic. Similarly, Phuoc (Xinh Mul) and Kháng are also sometimes classified as Mangic, and Kháng is classified as Palaungic by Diffloth. The recently discovered Bumang language is also likely a Khmuic or Palaungic language. Jerold A. Edmondson con ...
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Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. It includes the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, with peninsular Malaysia sometimes also being included. The term Indochina (originally Indo-China) was coined in the early nineteenth century, emphasizing the historical cultural influence of Indian and Chinese civilizations on the area. The term was later adopted as the name of the colony of French Indochina (today's Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam). Today, the term, Mainland Southeast Asia, in contrast to Maritime Southeast Asia, is more commonly referenced. Terminology The origins of the name Indo-China are usually attributed jointly to the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun, who referred to the area as in 1804, and the ...
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Palaungic Languages
The nearly thirty Palaungic or Palaung–Wa languages form a branch of the Austroasiatic languages. Phonological developments Most of the Palaungic languages lost the contrastive voicing of the ancestral Austroasiatic consonants, with the distinction often shifting to the following vowel. In the Wa branch, this is generally realized as breathy voice vowel phonation; in Palaung–Riang, as a two-way register tone system. The Angkuic languages have contour tone — the U language, for example, has four tones, ''high, low, rising, falling,'' — but these developed from vowel length and the nature of final consonants, not from the voicing of initial consonants. Homeland Paul Sidwell (2015) suggests that the Palaungic Urheimat (homeland) was in what is now the border region of Laos and Sipsongpanna in Yunnan, China. The Khmuic homeland was adjacent to the Palaungic homeland, resulting in many lexical borrowings among the two branches due to intense contact. Sidwell (2014) suggests ...
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Lawa Language
Lawa (La'wa, L'wa) is a Mon–Khmer language of Thailand. There are two distinct varieties or dialects of Lawa, considered to be separate languages; their names in the ''Ethnologue'' are Eastern Lawa and Western Lawa. They are spoken in Lawa villages in the provinces of Mae Hong Son and Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand. Linguistically, Lawa belongs to the Palaungic branch of the Mon-Khmer family of languages, which is part of the Austro-Asiatic super-family. Eastern Lawa is distinct from Western Lawa despite being highly cognate because the two languages are not mutually understandable based on consistent testimonies of Eastern and Western Lawa speakers and testing by SIL.Nahhas, Dr. Ramzi W. 2007Sociolinguistic survey of Lawa in Thailand Chiang Mai: Payap University. There are two distinct dialects spoken among the Eastern Lawa. These dialects have differences in pronunciation and some lexeme differences. The differences, however, do not present any difficulty in comprehension ...
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O'du Language
The Ơ Đu (O'du) are an aboriginal ethnic group in Vietnam and Laos. Their total population is more than 570. Name variation The Ơ Đu are also commonly referred to as O'Du, O Du, Iduh, Tay Hat, Hat, and Haat. Culture The Ơ Đu subsist mainly on slash-and-burn agriculture and raising cattle, augmented by hunting, gathering, and weaving. Language The Ơ Đu have a language also called ''O'du'', which is a Khmuic language. The Khmuic languages are Austro-Asiatic. There is some debate as to whether the Khmuic languages are of the Mon–Khmer branch, but the majority opinion is that they are not. Most Ơ Đu presently speak Thai. Geographic distribution *Population in Laos: 194 in Xiangkhouang Province *Population in Vietnam: 301 in Tương Dương district of the Nghệ An Province (North Central Coast region) See also * List of ethnic groups in Vietnam * List of ethnic groups in Laos The following is a list of ethnic groups in Laos. Classification Specialists are lar ...
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Khuen Language
Khmu is the language of the Khmu people of the northern Laos region. It is also spoken in adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and China. Khmu lends its name to the Khmuic branch of the Austroasiatic language family, the latter of which also includes Khmer and Vietnamese. Within Austroasiatic, Khmu is often cited as being most closely related to the Palaungic and Khasic languages.Diffloth, Gérard (2005). "The contribution of linguistic palaeontology and Austroasiatic". in Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, eds. ''The Peopling of East Asia: Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics.'' 77–80. London: Routledge Curzon. The name "Khmu" can also be seen romanized as Kmhmu, Khmu', Kammu, or Khamuk in various publications or alternatively referred to by the name of a local dialect. Dialects Khmu has several dialects but no standard variety. Dialects differ primarily in consonant inventory, existence of register, and the degree to which the lang ...
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Puoc Language
Ksingmul (Ksing Mul, Puoc, vi, Xinh Mun, ) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Ksingmul people of Vietnam and Laos. Varieties Jerold Edmondson (2010: 144), citing Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, et al. (1972: 254 ff.), lists 3 major varieties of Ksingmul. Ksingmul Nghệt is the most conservative variety. *Ksingmul Nghệt: Nà Nghệt Village, Xiêng Khọ District, Sầm Nưa Province (Houaphan Province), Laos *Ksingmul Dạ: Chiềng On Village, Yên Châu District, Sơn La Province, Vietnam *Ksingmul Đồng References *Edmondson, Jerold A. 2010. "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)." In Kenneth A. McElhanon and Ger Reesink, ''A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin'', 138–154. SIL e-Books, 19. allas Allas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (born 1950), Swedish politician * Teet Allas (born 1977), Estonian footballer * Yasmine Allas (born 1967), Somali-Dutch actress and write ...
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Phong-Kniang Language
Phong, also known as Kniang, is an Austroasiatic language of the Mon–Khmer family, spoken in Laos. Its nearest relatives are the fellow Xinh Mul tongues, the Khang language and Puoc language, both spoken in Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i .... The number of speakers of Phong-Kniang is estimated at 30,700. Phong Kaneng and Phong Kniang are dialects. Phong is spoken in northeastern Laos, such as in Hua Muong, Sam Neua Province. References External links * http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage) * http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9B78-5@view Phong Laan in RWAAI Digital Archive Khmuic languages Languages of Laos {{AustroAsiatic-lang-stub ...
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Ksingmul Language
Ksingmul (Ksing Mul, Puoc, vi, Xinh Mun, ) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Ksingmul people of Vietnam and Laos. Varieties Jerold Edmondson (2010: 144), citing Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, et al. (1972: 254 ff.), lists 3 major varieties of Ksingmul. Ksingmul Nghệt is the most conservative variety. *Ksingmul Nghệt: Nà Nghệt Village, Xiêng Khọ District, Sầm Nưa Province ( Houaphan Province), Laos *Ksingmul Dạ: Chiềng On Village, Yên Châu District, Sơn La Province, Vietnam *Ksingmul Đồng References *Edmondson, Jerold A. 2010. "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)." In Kenneth A. McElhanon and Ger Reesink, ''A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin'', 138–154. SIL e-Books, 19. allas Allas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (born 1950), Swedish politician * Teet Allas (born 1977), Estonian footballer * Yasmine Allas (born 1967), Somali-Dutch actress and wri ...
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Khao Language
Khao may refer to: * Khao, Iran ( fa, خاو), a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Khao ( th, เขา, pronounced ), the term for 'mountain' in Central and Southern Thailand; see List of mountains in Thailand * Khao ( th, ข้าว, pronounced ), the term for 'rice' in the Thai and Lao languages; see Rice production in Thailand and Rice production in Laos ** Khao soi ( th, ข้าวซอย), Chiang Mai Curry Noodles * Khao language Khao may refer to: * Khao, Iran ( fa, خاو), a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Khao ( th, เขา, pronounced ), the term for 'mountain' in Central and Southern Thailand; see List of mountains in Thailand * Khao ( th, ข้าว, pronoun ..., a Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam * The ICAO airport identifier for Butler County Regional Airport {{Disambiguation, geo, airport ...
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Quang Lam Language
Quảng Lâm is an unclassified, poorly attested Austroasiatic language spoken in Quảng Lâm commune, Mường Nhé District, Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam. Nguyễn Văn Huy (1975) is the only published resource contain data of Quang Lam. The Ethnologue lists Quang Lam as an alternate name for Kháng. Quang Lam speakers are officially classified as ethnic Khang people. Classification Nguyen (1975) speculates that Quang Lam may be closely related to Kháng (variously classified as either a Palaungic or Khmuic language), but this has yet to be verified. Data is scanty and presented only in Vietnamese orthography (''Quốc Ngữ''). Quang Lam speakers claim to not have an autonym, and simply call themselves "Brển Quảng Lâm." Their word for 'person, human' is ''p'xinh'', which is also a name for Bit The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. The name is a portmanteau of binary digit. The bit represents a ...
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Khang Language
Khang may refer to: *Khang people, a people of northwestern Vietnam *Kháng language Kháng (), also known as Mang U’, is an Austroasiatic language of Vietnam. It is closely related to the Bumang language of southern Yunnan, China. Classification Paul Sidwell (2014) classifies Khang as Palaungic, although Jerold Edmondson (20 ... * Khang, Iran (other), places in Iran {{dab ...
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Jerold is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jerold Hoffberger (1919–1999), American businessman *Jerold Ottley, music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1974 to 1999 *Jerold Promes (born 1984), Dutch footballer who currently plays for Sparta Rotterdam *Jerold Starr (born 1941), American writer and professor best known as a national reformer of public broadcasting *Jerold T. Hevener (born 1873), American film actor and director *Jerold Wells Jerold Wells (8 August 1908 – 19 July 1999) was an English actor. He was born in Wallington, Hampshire, and died in Bath, Somerset. He appeared primarily in British comedies. Films included ''Adventures of a Plumber's Mate'' and the TV-made ...
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