Laghuu language

language
name=Laghuu
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
states=Vietnam
speakers=300
fam1=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Lolo-Burmese
fam3=Loloish
fam4=Northern
fam5=Yi
iso3=lgh

Laghuu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northwestern Vietnam in a single village in Lao Cai Province. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Phonology

Consonants

Laghuu has the following consonants. [Edmondson & Ziwo 1999.]

Vowels

Laghuu has the following vowels. [Edmondson & Ziwo 1999.]

Tones

Laghu has five tones [Edmondson & Ziwo 1999.] high (55), high-mid (44), low-mid (33), low-rising (24), and low-falling (21).

Notes

References

Jerold A. Edmondson & Lama Ziwo. 1999. "Laghuu or Xá Phó, A New Language of the Yi Group," "Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area" 22/1:1-10.