# Lamet language

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{{short description|Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Lamet
|altname=Rmeet
|nativename=''Khamet (Xmet)''
|states=[Laos](/source/Laos)

|ethnicity=[Lamet](/source/Lamet_people)

|speakers=20,000
|date=1995 census
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|fam2=[Khasi–Palaungic](/source/Khasi%E2%80%93Palaungic_languages)
|fam3=[Palaungic](/source/Palaungic_languages)
|fam4=<!--Lamet–Con - Con reclassified as Kiorr-->
|iso3=lbn
|glotto=lame1256
|glottorefname=Lamet
}}

'''Lamet''' is a [Mon–Khmer](/source/Mon%E2%80%93Khmer) language of [Laos](/source/Laos). There are also one hundred speakers in [Lampang Province](/source/Lampang_Province), Thailand, where it is known as ''Khamet''. Lamet speakers call their language [χəmɛːt], or less commonly [kʰəmɛːt].<ref>Conver, Lynn C. 1999. "A Sketch of the Phonology of a Lamet Dialect." In ''[Mon-Khmer Studies](/source/Mon-Khmer_Studies)'', 29: 35-56.</ref>

==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](/source/Wiang_Pa_Pao_District), southern [Chiang Rai Province](/source/Chiang_Rai_Province), Thailand.<ref name="Narumol1982">Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. ''The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua''. ''[Mon-Khmer Studies](/source/Mon-Khmer_Studies)'' 11. 35-45.</ref>

==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Consonants<ref name="Narumol1982" />
!
![Labial](/source/Labial_consonant)
![Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant)
![Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant)
![Velar](/source/Velar_consonant)
![Glottal](/source/Glottal_consonant)
|-
![Plosive](/source/Plosive)
|{{IPA link|p}}
|{{IPA link|t}}
|{{IPA link|c}}
|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
![Fricative](/source/Fricative)
|{{IPA link|f}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
|
|{{IPA link|ɣ}}
|{{IPA link|h}}
|-
![Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|-
![Approximant](/source/Approximant)
|{{IPA link|w}}
|{{IPA link|r}}, {{IPA link|l}}
|{{IPA link|j}}
|
|
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowels<ref name="Narumol1982" />
!
![Front](/source/Front_vowel)
![Central](/source/Central_vowel)
![Back](/source/Back_vowel)
|-
![High](/source/Close_vowel)
|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}
|{{IPA link|ɯ}} {{IPA link|ɯː}}
|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}
|-
![Near-high](/source/Near-close_vowel)
|{{IPA link|ɪ}} {{IPA link|ɪː}}
|{{IPA link|ə}} {{IPA link|əː}}
|{{IPA link|ʊ}} {{IPA link|ʊː}}
|-
![Mid](/source/Mid_vowel)
|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}
|{{IPA link|ʌ}} {{IPA link|ʌː}}
|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}
|-
![Low](/source/Open_vowel)
|{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}}
|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}
|{{IPA link|ɑ}} {{IPA link|ɑː}}
|}

Lamet also has two [tones](/source/Tone_(linguistics));<ref name=Narumol1982/> high and low.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*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''. ''[Mon-Khmer Studies](/source/Mon-Khmer_Studies)'' 11. 35-45.

== External links ==
* https://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
* [http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66ED-E@view](/source/hdl%3A10050%2F00-0000-0000-0003-66ED-E%40view) Lamet in RWAAI Digital Archive
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{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}

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