Cốông is a
Loloish language
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of
Vietnam
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. It is spoken by approximately 1,500 speakers in
Mường Tè District
Mường Tè is a rural district of Lai Châu province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 46,143. The district covers an area of 2,679.34 km². The district capital lies at Mường Tè. ''Mư ...
,
Lai Châu Province
Lai or LAI may refer to:
Abbreviations
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* La Trobe Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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, Vietnam. It is related to but quite distinct from
Phunoi.
Distribution
According to Jerold Edmondson (2002), Cốông is spoken in 5 villages of
Mường Tè District
Mường Tè is a rural district of Lai Châu province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 46,143. The district covers an area of 2,679.34 km². The district capital lies at Mường Tè. ''Mư ...
,
Lai Châu Province
Lai or LAI may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Austrian Latin America Institute (Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut)
* '' Latin American Idol'', TV series
* La Trobe Institute, Melbourne, Australia
* Leaf area index, leaf area of a crop or ve ...
, Vietnam.
*Bo Lếch, Can Hồ commune
*Nậm Khao, Nậm Khao commune
*Nậm Pục, Nậm Khao commune
*Tác Ngá, Mường Mồ commune
*Nậm Kè, Mường Tong commune
According to Phạm Huy (1998:10), Côống is spoken in the following villages, all of which are in
Mường Tè District
Mường Tè is a rural district of Lai Châu province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 46,143. The district covers an area of 2,679.34 km². The district capital lies at Mường Tè. ''Mư ...
except for Huổi Sâư.
*Bo Lếch, Can Hồ commune
*Nậm Luồng, Can Hồ commune (part of Bo Lếch before)
*Nậm Khao, Nậm Khao commune
*Nậm Pục, Nậm Khao commune
*Tác Ngá, Mường Mô commune
*Nậm Kè, Mường Toong commune
*Huổi Sâư, Chà Cang commune, Mường Lay district
Subdivisions
Phạm Huy (1998:12) lists the following two Côống ethnic subdivisions.
*Xí Tù Mạ (Silver Côống)
*Xám Khổng Xú Lứ (Golden Côống)
Phrases
Golden Côống and Silver Côống differ linguistically, as illustrated by the following phrases from Phạm (1998:13) in
Vietnamese orthography
The Vietnamese alphabet (, ) is the modern writing script for the Vietnamese language. It uses the Latin script based on Romance languages like French, originally developed by Francisco de Pina (1585–1625), a missionary from Portugal.
The Vi ...
(''quốc ngữ'').
*''Golden Coong''
**Háng lế ('Who is there?')
**Hàng chà ('eat rice')
**Ý sộ tắng ('drink water')
*''Silver Coong''
**À sáng lê ('Who is there?')
**Hắng tà ('eat rice')
**Lắng tắng ('drink water')
Golden Côống numbers are (Phạm 1998:13):
References
*Edmondson, Jerold A. 2002. "The Central and Southern Loloish Languages of Vietnam". ''Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Tibeto-Burman and Southeast Asian Linguistics'' (2002), pp. 1–13.
*Phạm Huy. 1998. ''Bước đầu tìm hiểu văn hóa dân tộc Côống''. Lai Châu: Sở Văn Hóa Thông Tin Lai Châu.
*Various. 2014. ''Văn hóa dân gian người Cống tỉnh Điện Biên (Quyển 1)''. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin.
*Various. 2014. ''Văn hóa dân gian người Cống tỉnh Điện Biên (Quyển 3)''. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin.
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Southern Loloish languages