Lhao Vo (,) also known as Maru (မရူ) and Langsu (), is a
Burmish language
The Burmish languages are Burmese, including Standard Burmese, Arakanese and other Burmese dialects such as the Tavoyan dialects as well as non-literary languages spoken across Myanmar and South China such as Achang, Lhao Vo, Lashi, and Zaiw ...
spoken in Burma and by a few thousand speakers in China.
Distribution
Dai Qingxia (2005:3) reports 5,600 Langsu speakers in China. Many thousands more are dispersed across the eastern edge of
Kachin State
Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Jingpho language, Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east ...
, Myanmar.
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Luxi City
Mangshi (; tdd, ᥝᥥᥒᥰ ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥑᥩᥢᥴ; Jingpho: Mangshi Myu), former name Luxi (), is a county-level city and the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, western Yunnan province, China. Mangshi has an area of , wit ...
: Yingpan Township (ယင်းဖန်မြို့နယ်, 营盘乡)
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Lianghe County
Lianghe County (; th, เมืองตี) is located in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, southwest China
Southwest China () is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China.
Geography
Southwest China is a rugged and mountai ...
: Mengyang Township (မယ်ညန့်နယ်, 养乡)
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Longchuan County: Bangwai Township (ဖန်ဝိုင်မြို့နယ်, 邦外乡) and Jingkan Township (ကျင်ခန်မြို့နယ်, 景坎乡)
The Langsu people call themselves ' (Chinese: ''Lang'e'' 浪峨)
Varieties
The standard Lhaovo dialect is that of the Dago’ (') hill area, on the east side of
N'Mai River
The N'Mai River or N'Mai Hka ( my, မေခမြစ်, ) is a river in northern Myanmar (Burma). Course
The N'Mai, runs parallel to the Mali River, and has its source in the Himalayan glaciers of eastern Tibet at about 28° north latitude.Kal ...
valley in
Kachin State
Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Jingpho language, Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east ...
.
Sawada (2017) lists the following patois (subvarieties) of Lhaovo.
*Gyanno’ (autonym: '): spoken in the west side of the N'Mai River in
Sawlaw Township.
*Tho’lhang (autonym: '): spoken in
Htawlang and a few other villages in northern Sawlaw Township.
*Lakin (autonym: '): spoken in
Lakin village, northern Sawlaw Township.
*Lhangsu (autonym: '; not the same as Langsu 浪速 of Yunnan): spoken in the area between Hkrang Hka and Sanin Hka, which are two tributaries of the Mali Hka. It is spoken in
Sumprabum Township
Sumprabum Township ( my, ဆွမ်ပရာဘွမ်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Putao District in the Kachin State of Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions re ...
, including in the villages of , and .
Langsong
The Langsong (浪宋) are found in Zaoyang (早阳) in
Yunlong County (in the Chinese province of
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
) as well as in Baocun (表村), Laomo (老末), and Sancha (三岔).
They reportedly speak a highly endangered language that may be possibly related to Langsu.
References
Further reading
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External links
Consonant Ear Training and TonesMaru fieldwork of John Okell from 1969Lhaovo language site
Burmish languages
Languages of Myanmar
Languages of China
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