Quảng Lâm is an unclassified, poorly attested

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language spoken in Quảng Lâm commune,

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, Điện Biên Province, northwestern

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. Nguyễn Văn Huy (1975) is the only published resource contain data of Quang Lam. The

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lists Quang Lam as an alternate name for Kháng. Quang Lam speakers are officially classified as ethnic

Khang people Khang may refer to: * Khang people, a people of northwestern Vietnam * Kháng language * Khang, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran {{dab ...

Classification

Nguyen (1975) speculates that Quang Lam may be closely related to Kháng (variously classified as either a

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or Khmuic language), but this has yet to be verified. Data is scanty and presented only in

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(''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

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(Psing).

Phonology

Nguyen (1975:431) lists the following Quang Lam complex consonant onsets in

: s'n, p'x, p's, p'k', p'r, th'l, chơr, s'ch, s'i, k'r, k'ch, m'r, l'm, r'v, d'd, r'l.

References

* {{Austroasiatic languages Languages of Vietnam Palaungic languages Khmuic languages

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