Lahu (language)
| Lahu | ||
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Spoken in |
People's Republic of China , Thailand , Laos , Burma | |
| speaker | 577,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | People's Republic of China (Lancang Lahu Autonomous County) | |
| Recognized minority / regional language in |
Vietnam | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
sit |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Lahu is a Tibetan-Burmese language spoken by the Lahu people in China and other countries. In older sources they are often called muhso , after the Tai word for hunter.
Besides the Lahu, the language is also spoken by other minorities in Yunnan as a lingua franca . In Thailand, the language is rarely used because it is not taught there. Lahu can be divided into three dialects, the speakers of which can only communicate with one another with difficulty.
