Lamet language

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

|ethnicity=Lamet

|speakers=20,000 |date=1995 census |ref=e18 |familycolor=Austro-Asiatic |fam2=Khasi–Palaungic |fam3=Palaungic |fam4= |iso3=lbn |glotto=lame1256 |glottorefname=Lamet }}

'''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].<ref>Conver, Lynn C. 1999. "A Sketch of the Phonology of a Lamet Dialect." In ''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, southern Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.<ref name="Narumol1982">Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. ''The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua''. ''Mon-Khmer Studies'' 11. 35-45.</ref>

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Lamet also has two tones;<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'' 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 Lamet in RWAAI Digital Archive {{Languages of Laos}} {{Austro-Asiatic languages}}

Category:Palaungic languages Category:Languages of Laos