Quảng Lâm language

Quảng Lâm is an unclassified, poorly attested Austroasiatic language spoken in Quảng Lâm commune, Mường Nhé District, Điện Biên Province, northwestern Vietnam. Nguyễn Văn Huy (1975) is the only published resource contain data of Quang Lam. The Ethnologue lists Quang Lam as an alternate name for Kháng.^[1]

Quảng Lâm
Brển Quảng Lâm
Native to	Vietnam
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Bit–Khang Quảng Lâm
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Quang Lam speakers are officially classified as ethnic Khang people.^[2] Tạ (2021) refers the language as Kháng Quảng Lâm.^[3]

Classification

Nguyen (1975) speculates that Quang Lam may be closely related to Kháng (variously classified as either a Palaungic or Khmuic language), but this has yet to be verified. Data is scanty and presented only in Vietnamese orthography (Quốc Ngữ). Quang Lam speakers claim to not have an autonym, and simply call themselves "Brển Quảng Lâm." Their word for 'person, human' is p'xinh, which is also a name for Bit (Psing).

Phonology

Nguyen (1975:431) lists the following Quang Lam complex consonant onsets in Vietnamese orthography: s'n, p'x, p's, p'k', p'r, th'l, chơr, s'ch, s'i, k'r, k'ch, m'r, l'm, r'v, d'd, r'l.

See also

• Quang Lam word list (Wiktionary)