Laghuu language
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Laghuu (Template:Langx) is a Loloish language spoken in northwestern Vietnam.[1] In Nậm Sài, Sa Pa Town, the speakers' autonym is Script error: No such module "IPA"., while in Sơn La Province it is Script error: No such module "IPA"..[2] The people are also called the Script error: No such module "Lang". by the Vietnamese.
Edmondson considers Laghuu to be related to but not part of the Yi language complex of China. Jamin Pelkey (2011) considers Laghuu to be a Southeastern Loloish language.
Distribution
Laghuu is spoken in the following locations by a total of about 1,000 people (Edmondson 1999 & 2002).
- Lào Cai province
- Văn Bàn district
- Bảo Thắng district
- Bát Xát district
- A Lù
- Sa Pa town
- Nậm Sài
- Cam Đường (near Lào Cai city)
- Yên Bái province
- Sơn La province
The Vietnam, Laghuu speakers are officially classified as part of the Phù Lá ethnic group. Some Laghuu are known as "Black Phu La," and others as "Flowery Phu La."
Phonology
Phonotactics
Words in Laghuu are typically disyllabic compounds, consisting of two single-syllable morphemes, as in other Yi languages. A syllable may be divided into an initial, a rhyme, and a tone. The initial is not obligatory, and it usually consists of a single consonant, though it may also be a cluster consisting of a velar stop followed by a lateral. The rhyme consists of a nuclear vowel followed by a glide Script error: No such module "IPA". or a nasal coda Script error: No such module "IPA"., with Script error: No such module "IPA". being the most common coda nasal.[2]
Consonants
Laghuu has the following consonants. In addition to these single consonants, Laghuu also allows syllables to begin with velar stop + alveolar lateral sequences: Script error: No such module "IPA"..[2]
Vowels
Laghuu has the following vowels. Also, the diphthongs Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA"., Script error: No such module "IPA". occur.[2]
| front | central | back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| High | Template:IPAlink | ɿ | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink |
| Hi-mid | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | ||
| Lo-mid | Template:IPAlink | Template:IPAlink | ||
| Low | Template:IPAlink | |||
Tones
Laghuu has five tones:[2]
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- high-mid Script error: No such module "IPA". (/44/)
- low-mid Script error: No such module "IPA". (/33/)
- low-rising Script error: No such module "IPA". (/24/)
- low-falling Script error: No such module "IPA". (/21/)
Notes
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References
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- Nguyễn Văn Huy (1975). "Bước đầu tim hiểu mối quan hệ tộc người giữa hai nhóm Phù Lá và Xá Phó". In, Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam: Viện dân tộc học. Về vấn đề xác định thánh phần các dân tộc thiểu số ở miền bắc Việt Nam, 415-428. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội.
- http://ling.uta.edu/jerry/vietTB1.pdfScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100627045649/http://ling.uta.edu/~jerry/tbv.pdf
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