Lamet is a

Mon–Khmer The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are th ...

language of Laos. There are also one hundred speakers in

Lampang Province Lampang ( th, ลำปาง, ; Northern Thai: ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat''), lies in upper northern Thailand. The old name of Lampang was ''Khelang Nakhon''. Geography Lampang is in the broad river valley of the ...

, Thailand, where it is known as ''Khamet''. Lamet speakers call their language �əmɛːt or less commonly ʰəmɛːtConver, Lynn C. 1999. "A Sketch of the Phonology of a Lamet Dialect." In The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, 29: 35-56.

Locations

Lamet 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 Wiang Pa Pao (; ) is the southwesternmost district (''amphoe'') of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Mae Suai and Phan of Chiang Rai Province; Wang Nuea and Mueang Pan o ...

, southern Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. ''The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua''. The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal 11. 35-45.

References

*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''. The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal 11. 35-45.

External links

* http://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 Palaungic languages Languages of Laos {{AustroAsiatic-lang-stub