Lamet is a Mon–Khmer language of Laos. There are also one hundred speakers in Lampang Province, Thailand, where it is known as Khamet. Lamet speakers call their language [χəmɛːt], or less commonly [kʰəmɛːt].[2]
| Lamet | |
|---|---|
| Rmeet | |
| Khamet (Xmet) | |
| Native to | Laos |
| Ethnicity | Lamet |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1995 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbn |
| Glottolog | lame1256 |
Locations
editLamet 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.[3]
Phonology
editReferences
edit- ↑ Lamet at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Conver, Lynn C. 1999. "A Sketch of the Phonology of a Lamet Dialect." In Mon-Khmer Studies, 29: 35-56.
- 1 2 3 4 Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua. Mon-Khmer Studies 11. 35-45.
- 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. Mon-Khmer Studies 11. 35-45.
External links
edit- https://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