Also Known As:
Cosung, Lahlu, Lahu, 苦聰話
Dialects & Varieties
East and Southeast Asia
Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
Vulnerable
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~45,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
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Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.
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Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
~45,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Applied for but failed to achieve official nationality status in China in the early 1980s, amalgamated into the Lahu nationality in 1989.
Location and Context
Countries
China and Vietnam
Location Description
China: south central Yunnan, Xinping, Jingdong, Zhenyuan, Jinggu, Jinping, Jiangcheng and Mengla counties; Vietnam, Lai Chau Province, Mươưg Tè District.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Hani, Chinese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
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