Côông language

Cốông
Native to Vietnam
Ethnicity Phunoi
Native speakers
2,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 cnc
Glottolog coon1239[2]

Cốông is a Loloish language of Vietnam. It is spoken by approximate 1,500 speakers in Mường Tè District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam. It is related to but quite distinct from Phunoi.

Distribution

According to Jerold Edmondson (2002), Cốông is spoken in 5 villages of Mường Tè District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam.

According to Phạm Huy (1998:10), Côống is spoken in the following villages, all of which are in Mường Tè District except for Huổi Sâư.

Subdivisions

Phạm Huy (1998:12) lists the following two Côống ethnic subdivisions.

Phrases

Golden Côống and Silver Côống differ linguistically, as illustrated by the following phrases from Phạm (1998:13) in Vietnamese orthography (quốc ngữ).

Golden Côống numbers are (Phạm 1998:13):

  • 1. tìm
  • 2. nhịp
  • 3. xem
  • 4. ừn
  • 5. ngà
  • 6. khô
  • 7. xị
  • 8. dẹ
  • 9. quề
  • 10. trse
  • 11. trse tìm
  • 12. trse nhịp
  • 20. nhịp trse
  • 21. nhịp trse tìm
  • 30. xem trse
  • 31. xem trse tìm
  • 40. ừn trse
  • 50. ngà trse
  • 100. trse trse

References

  1. Cốông at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Coong". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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