Infobox language name Khmu nativename Khamu, Kamhmu states flagicon Laos Laos br flagicon Vietnam Vietnam ... familycolor Austro Asiatic fam2 Khmuic languages Khmuic fam3 lc1 kjg ld1 Khmu lc2 khf ld2 Khmu Khwen ref http sealang.net sala mk class.htm ref script Lao alphabet Lao , Latin script Latin Khmu IPA xx k mu 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 languages Khmuic branch of the Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic language family, the latter of which also includes Khmer language Khmer and Vietnamese language Vietnamese . Within Austro Asiatic, Khmu is often cited ... Khmu can also be seen romanization romanized as Kmhmu, Khmu , Kammu, or Khamuk in various publications or alternatively referred to by the name of a local dialect. Dialects File Location of Khmu Dialects in Laos.png thumb left Approximate location of Khmu dialects in Laos As a minority language .... ISBN 740501125 Pr ms rat, Suwilai. Khmu, a Minority Language of Thailand . Papers in South East ...?code kjg Khmu A language of Laos from Ethnologue Languages of the World Category Mon Khmer languages ... inventory, existence of register phonology register , and the degree to which the language has been influenced by the surrounding national language s . Dialects are, for the most part, mutually intelligible ... of Khmu can be broadly categorized into two groups, Western Khmu and Eastern Khmu. Western Khmu dialects have fewer consonant phonemes and instead use phonemic register contrast, as seen in other ... register. In at least one dialect of Western Khmu, known as Khmu Rook , tonogenesis is evident as the register .... ref name Sulwilai SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 2001. Tonogenesis in Khmu dialects of SEA. Mon Khmer Studies a Journal of Southeast Asian Linguistics and Languages 31 47 56. ref Eastern Khmu dialects ... items rosettaproject kjg phon 1 rosettaproject kjg phon 1.pdf Dictionary of Khmu in Laos . ref Phonology ... more details
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ethnic group group Khmu image poptime 541,000 est. popplace Laos 90 , Vietnam , Thailand , People s Republic of China China , USA , Burma rels Animism , Theravada Buddhism , Christianity langs KhmulanguageKhmu , others related The Khmu IPAc en icon k m u also spelled Khamu or Kemu Khammu or Kh M in Vietnam Lao language Lao IPA lo k m Thai is one of the largest ethnic groups based ... undistinguished ethnic groups . Geographic distribution The Khmu also referred to as Khamu, Kammu or Kemu were the indigenous inhabitants of northern Laos. There are more than 500,000 Khmu around ..., and 8,000 in the United States. fact date April 2009 The Khmu of Laos reside mainly within the Luang Prabang Province Luang Prabang and Xieng Khouang Province Xieng Khouang Provinces. The Khmu of Thailand are clustered near the Thailand Laos border. ref name Khmu Profile http www.infomekong.com peoples khmuKhmu Profile ref Most Khmu villages are isolated, and only slowly receiving electricity. In many areas the Khmu live alongside the Hmong people Hmong and other regional minority ethnic groups. A large number of Khmu live in Richmond, California , having come as refugees from the Vietnam War . California is home to both the Khmu National Federation, Inc., and the Kmhmu Catholic National Center. ref name KNF http khmunational.org Khmu National Federation, Inc. ref ref name KCNC http kmhmu catholic.org Kmhmu Catholic National Center ref Most Khmu in Thailand arrived recently from Laos and Vietnam as refugees, also around the outset of the Vietnam War. The Khmu, however, are closely ... of Laos The Khmu are a subdivision of the greater Khmuic peoples who are aboriginal to Laos and surrounding areas. Language Their language, in the Khmuic languages Khmuic language family, is also called KhmulanguageKhmu and belongs to the Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic group of languages. Society The Khmu are an agricultural society, although gathering, hunting, trapping and fishing are parts ... more details
On Language was a regular column in the weekly New York Times Magazine on the English language discussing popular etymology , new or unusual usages, and other language related topics. The inaugural column was published on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular feature. Many of the columns were collected in books. Columnist and journalist William Safire was one of the most frequent contributors from the inception of the column until Safire s death in 2009. He wrote the inaugural On Language column in 1979. ref http www.nytimes.com 2009 10 11 magazine 11FOB onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Maven, Nevermore about Safire s legacy ref starting it with the greeting How do you do. This is a new column about language. In more than 30 years, he contributed more than 1300 installments to the column. Safire was succeeded by Ben Zimmer , who wrote the column until its final edition on February 25, 2011. ref http www.nytimes.com 2011 02 27 magazine 27fob onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Future Tense ref About the cancellation of the column, the incoming editor of New York Times Magazine Hugo Lindgren explained this and other changes to the magazine It is mine now. I m in charge. We re going to be doing some significant redesign work, and have a newish magazine by the end of January. The big thing is, I want to create a kind of new identity for the front of the book section. That doesn t mean that everything s being tossed out. We re looking at everything and evaluating what sort of fits. ref http nymag.com daily intel 2010 11 new times magazine editor hugo.html New York Magazine New Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren on His Plans Big Subjects, More T, and the End of The Way We Live Now ref References Reflist External links http topics.nytimes.com topics features magazine columns on language index.html A collection of On Language columns published in The New York Times DEFAULTSORT On Language Category English language Category The New York ... more details
About the properties of language in general other uses Language disambiguation File Lakhovsky Conversation.jpg ... Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language , but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of years at least. Language may refer either to the specifically ... of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses ... salient examples, but natural language s can also be based on visual rather than auditory stimulus physiology stimuli , for example in sign language s and written language . Code s and other kinds of constructed language artificially constructed communication systems such as those used for programming language computer programming can also be called languages. A language in this sense is a system ... ultimately from Latin lingua , language, tongue , via Old French . ref name AHD cite encyclopedia title language encyclopedia The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language edition 3rd year 1992 location Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin Company ref When used as a general concept, language .... Language as a communication system is thought to be fundamentally different from and of much ... a finite number of elements. Language is thought to have originated when early hominids first started ... with an increase in brain volume, and many linguists see the structures of language as having evolved to serve specific communicative functions. Language is neurolinguistics processed in many ... Wernicke s area s. Humans language acquisition acquire language through social interaction in early childhood, and children generally speak fluently when they are around three years old. The use of language ... identity , social stratification and for social grooming and entertainment . The word language ... from sequences of words. Languages language change evolve and diversify over time, and the history ... of languages that descend from a common ancestor is known as a language family . The languages ... more details
Infobox language name To nativename states Cameroon , Central African Republic ethnicity speakers none date NA ref e16 familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Mbum Day languages Mbum Day fam4 Mbum languages Mbum fam5 unclassified iso3 toz To is an unclassified Mbum languages Mbum language of northern Cameroon and the Central African Republic . It is only used as a second language , as the secret male initiation language of the Gbaya people Gbaya . References reflist Category Languages of Cameroon Category Adamawa languages Category Initiation languages Cameroon stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Are states Papua New Guinea region Milne Bay Province , tip of Cape Vogel speakers 1,230 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila nowrap Nuclear Papuan Tip fam7 Are Taupota languages Are Taupota fam8 Are languages Are iso3 mwc The Are language is an Austronesian language of the eastern Papua New Guinea n mainland, It s spoken by about 1,230 people. External links ethnologue mwc Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea stub au lang stub fr Are langue hr Are jezik is Are ... more details
Infobox language name Then states CHN region Pingtang County , southern Guizhou speakers 15,000 date 1999 ethnicity familycolor Tai Kadai fam2 Kam Sui languages Kam Sui iso3 tct The Then language also known as Y nghu ng in Chinese alternate spellings T en and Ten is a Kam Sui language spoken in Pingtang County , southern Guizhou . Phonology Yanghuang has 71 consonants total, including those with secondary articulation s. There are a total of 71 rhymes, 9 vowels, and 8 codas Bo 1997 . References Reflist Bo, Wenze. 1997. Yanghuang yu yan jiu A Study of Yanghuang Then . Beijing Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she. External links http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian language.php?id 719 Then word list from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Tai Kadai languages Category Languages of China Category Kam Sui languages tk lang stub fr T en ... more details
Infobox language name Laha region Vietnam ethnicity Laha people Laha speakers 1,400 date 1989 date census familycolor Kradai fam2 Kra languages Kra iso3 lha Laha Chinese , Vietnamese La Ha is a Kra language spoken by approximately 1,400 people out of a total population of 5,686 Laha people Laha . It is spoken in Lao Cai Province L o Cai and Son La Province S n La provinces, Vietnam. Laha dialects had been documented in 1986 by Russian linguists and in 1996 by American linguist Jerold A. Edmondson . Many Laha can also converse in the Khmulanguage , and Laha speaking areas also have significant Black Thai Tai Dam people Tai Dam , Khang people Kh ng , Ksongmul Ksingmul, Xinh mun , and Hmong populations. Ostapirat 2000 considers the Laha dialects to form a subgroup of their own Southern Kra within the Kra branch. ref name Ostapirat Ostapirat, Weera 2000 . http sealang.net sala archives pdf4 weera2000proto.pdf Proto Kra . Linguistics of the Tibeto Burman Area 23 1 1 251 ref Geographic distribution Wet Laha of Lao Cai Province L o Cai and Lai Ch u Province Lai Ch u T M t Commune, T n Uy n, Lai Ch u Province T n Uy n , Lai Ch u Province Lai Ch u , Vietnam just north of the Black River Vietnam Black River &mdash known as the Wet Laha Pha Mu Commune, Than Uy n District Than Uy n and N m C n Commune, T n Uy n, Lai Ch u Province T n Uy n , Lao Cai Province L o Cai Dry Laha of Son La Province S n La &mdash around the Black River Vietnam S ng and N m Mu Rivers Noong Lay and N t t Communes, Son La Province S n La , Vietnam just south of the Black River Vietnam Black River in B n Muot, etc. &mdash known as the Dry Laha Chi n X m, Li p T , Noong Gi ng, and N m t in S n La N m Gi n, Chi n X ng, Chi n Dong, Pi Toong, and M ng B of M ng La District , S n La Province Thu n ..., and Yongxian Luo ed. The Tai Kadai Languages . Routledge Language Family Series. Psychology Press ... Ta Mit word list Tai Kadai languages DEFAULTSORT Laha Language Category Kra languages Category Languages ... more details
So language may refer to So language Democratic Republic of Congo , a Bantu language S language , a Katuic language Mon Khmer of Laos and Thailand Swo language , a Bantu language of Cameroon disambiguation ... more details
Boro language may refer to Bodo language , a Tibeto Burman language spoken in India, official language of Assam state Boro language Ghana , an extinct and unclassified language of Ghana Boro language Ethiopia , an Omotic language of Ethiopia disambig ko ... more details
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Lele is the name of four different languages Lele language Chad , an Afro Asiatic language Lele language Democratic Republic of the Congo , a Bantu language Lele language Guinea , a Mande language Lele language Papua New Guinea , an Austronesian language The Ly l language of Burkina Faso also goes by the form Lele . disambig ... more details
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