Laha reexamined
A preliminary note on this North Vietnam language, based on very limited material gleaned from a 1972 Vietnamese source, is included in Benedict 1975 ("ATLC":[Introduction to Glossary1186-900). A later Russian-Vietnamese work (Solntsev et al., eds. 1986) on one of the three known dialects,...
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2024
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| Summary: | A preliminary note on this North Vietnam language, based on very limited material gleaned from a 1972 Vietnamese source, is included in Benedict 1975 ("ATLC":[Introduction to Glossary1186-900). A later Russian-Vietnamese work (Solntsev et al., eds. 1986) on one of the three known dialects, Khla-Phlao (KP)1, now provides excellent material for a full analysis of Laha, with findings as outlined below. Note must be made, however, of a major complicating factor: the language is spoken in an area (Than-Uyen, Thuari-Chau) well south of the China border and, along with the anticipated Vietnamese loans, displays marked influence from the neighboring White Tai and related languages, e.g., in KP the numerals above 'four' have been borrowed from Tai. This has yielded two lexical layers, an earlier Kadai-level along with a later Tai-level. yielding a variety of reflexes, with many problems still awaiting solution. |
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