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Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos
Lamet is a
Mon–Khmer language of
Laos . There are also one hundred speakers in
Lampang Province , Thailand, where it is known as Khamet . Lamet speakers call their language [χəmɛːt], or less commonly [kʰəmɛːt].
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Locations
Lamet of Lampang was originally spoken in Takluh village north of Namtha in Laos.
A closely related variety called Lua' is spoken in Ban Pang Chok (Ban Lua),
Wiang Pa Pao District , southern
Chiang Rai Province , Thailand.
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Phonology
[3]
Consonants
Initials
Labial
Alveolar
Palatal
Velar
Glottal
Nasal
m
n
ɲ
ŋ
Stop
p
t
c
k
ʔ
Continuant
w
l,r
j
ɣ(ɰ?)
Fricative
f
s
h
References
^
Lamet at
Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Conver, Lynn C. 1999. "A Sketch of the Phonology of a Lamet Dialect." In The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, 29: 35-56.
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a
b Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua . The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal 11. 35-45.
Narumol, Charoenma. 1980. The sound systems of Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua . MA thesis, Mahidol University.
Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua . The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal 11. 35-45.
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