Hu (), also Angku or Kon Keu, is a
Palaungic language of
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
Xishuangbanna, sometimes shortened to Banna, is one of the eight autonomous prefectures of Yunnan Province. The autonomous prefecture for Dai people is in the extreme south of Yunnan province, China, bordering both Myanmar and Laos. Xishuangbanna ...
,
Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. Its speakers are an unclassified ethnic minority; the Chinese government counts the Angku as members of the
Bulang nationality, but the Angku language is not intelligible with Bulang.
Distribution
According to Li (2006:340), there are fewer than 1,000 speakers living on the slopes of the "Kongge" Mountain ("控格山") in Na Huipa village (纳回帕村), Mengyang township (勐养镇),
Jinghong
Jinghong (; ; , , ; , ; , ; also formerly romanised as ''Chiang Hung'', ''Chengrung'', ''Cheng Hung'', Jeng Hung, ''Jinghung'', ''Keng Hung'', ''Kiang Hung'' and ''Muangjinghung'') is a city in and the seat of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefec ...
(景洪市, a
county-level city
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...
).
Hu speakers call themselves the ', and the local
Dai people
The Dai people ( Burmese: ရှမ်းလူမျိုး; ; ; ; , ; , ; zh, c=, p=Dǎizú) are several Tai-speaking ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ...
s call them the "black people" (黑人), as well as ', meaning 'surviving souls'. They are also known locally as the Kunge people (昆格人) or Kongge people (控格人).
References
Further reading
*
*
*
*
External links
RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)Hu in RWAAI Digital Archive* Hu recordings in
Kaipuleohone include a
word list,
sentence elicitation and
interview
An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers.Merriam Webster DictionaryInterview Dictionary definition, Retrieved February 16, 2016 In common parlance, the word "interview" re ...
.
Languages of Yunnan
Palaungic languages
{{AustroAsiatic-lang-stub