Cao Lan language

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Cao Lan
Man Cao-Lan
Native toVietnam, China
Native speakers
170,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mlc
Glottologcaol1238

Cao Lan, sometimes Caolan or Man Cao-Lan, is a

primary branch of the Tai languages
(Pittayaporn 2009).

Demographics

Provinces of Vietnam

Cao Lan is spoken by the Cao Lan subgroup of the

Chinese characters to record their languages. Smaller numbers are also found in Xichou County, Yunnan, China and in the following provinces.[2]

  • Yên Bái
  • Thái Nguyên
  • Vĩnh Phúc
  • Bắc Giang
  • Lạng Sơn
  • Quảng Ninh

Classification

The Sán Chay speak a

Bắc Giang
.

References

  1. ^ Cao Lan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Gregerson & Edmondson (1998)
  • Gregerson, Kenneth J.; Edmondson, Jerold A. (1998). "Some Puzzles in Cao Lan" (PDF). In Somsonge, Burusphat (ed.). The International Conference on Tai Studies. Bangkok: Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University. pp. 151–164.
  • Nguyễn, Nam Tiến (1975). "Lại bàn về mối quan hệ giữa hai nhóm Cao Lan – Sán Chỉ". In Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam: Viện dân tộc học (ed.). Về vấn đề xác định thánh phần các dân tộc thiểu số ở miền bắc Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội. pp. 274–286.

Further reading

  • Strecker, David (1985). "The Classification of the Caolan Languages" (PDF). In Suriyā Rattanakun; David D. Thomas; Suwilai Prēmsīrat (eds.). Southeast Asian Linguistic Studies: Presented to André-G. Haudricourt. Bangkok: Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University. pp. 479–492.
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