Hu language
| Hu | |
|---|---|
| Kon Keu | |
| Angku | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:huo – Hukkn – Kon Keu (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | huuu1240 Hukonk1268 Kon Keu |
| ELP | Hu |
Hu (Chinese: 户语) is a Palaungic language of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. 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.[2]
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 景洪市 (a county-level city).[3]
Hu speakers call themselves the xuʔ˥, and the local Dai peoples call them the "black people" (黑人), as well as xɔn55 kɤt35, meaning 'surviving soul' (Yan & Zhou 2012:152).[4] They are also known locally as the Kunge people 昆格人 or Kongge people 控格人 (Li 2006).
References
- ^ Li Jinfang (2006)
- ^ Hu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "景洪市勐养镇昆格村委会纳回帕". Ynszxc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ^ Yan Qixiang [颜其香] & Zhou Zhizhi [周植志] (2012). Mon-Khmer languages of China and the Austroasiatic family [中国孟高棉语族语言与南亚语系]. Beijing: Social Sciences Academy Press [社会科学文献出版社].
External links
- Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].
- Svantesson, Jan-Olof. 1991. "Hu - a Language with Unorthodox Tonogenesis." In Austroasiatic Languages, Essays in honour of H. L. Shorto, edited by Jeremy H.C.S. Davidson. 67-80. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
- 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.