Lamet is a
Mon–Khmer
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are th ...
language of
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
. There are also one hundred speakers in
Lampang Province
Lampang ( th, ลำปาง, ; Northern Thai: ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in upper northern Thailand. The old name of Lampang was ''Khelang Nakhon''.
Geography
Lampang is in the broad river valley of the ...
, Thailand, where it is known as ''Khamet''. Lamet speakers call their language
əmɛːt or less commonly
ʰəmɛːt[Conver, Lynn C. 1999. "A Sketch of the Phonology of a Lamet Dialect." In The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, 29: 35-56. ]
Locations
Lamet of Lampang was originally spoken in Takluh village north of Namtha in Laos.
A closely related variety called Lua' is spoken in Ban Pang Chok (Ban Lua),
Wiang Pa Pao District, southern
Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.
[Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. ''The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua''. The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal 11. 35-45.]
References
*Narumol, Charoenma. 1980. ''The sound systems of Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua''. MA thesis, Mahidol University.
*Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. ''The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua''. The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal 11. 35-45.
External links
* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
*
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66ED-E@view Lamet in RWAAI Digital Archive
Palaungic languages
Languages of Laos
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