Côá»Âng is a Loloish language of Vietnam. It is spoken by approximately 1,500 speakers in Mðá»Âng Tè District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam. It is related to but quite distinct from Phunoi.
Distribution
According to Jerold Edmondson (2002), Côá»Âng is spoken in 5 villages of Mðá»Âng Tè District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam.
- Bo Lếch, Can HỠcommune
- NáºÂm Khao, NáºÂm Khao commune
- NáºÂm Pục, NáºÂm Khao commune
- Tác Ngá, Mðá»Âng Má» commune
- NáºÂm Kè, Mðá»Âng Tong commune
According to Phạm Huy (1998:10), Côá»Âng is spoken in the following villages, all of which are in Mðá»Âng Tè District except for Huá»Âi Sâð.
- Bo Lếch, Can HỠcommune
- NáºÂm Luá»Âng, Can Há» commune (part of Bo Lếch before)
- NáºÂm Khao, NáºÂm Khao commune
- NáºÂm Pục, NáºÂm Khao commune
- Tác Ngá, Mðá»Âng Mô commune
- NáºÂm Kè, Mðá»Âng Toong commune
- Huá»Âi Sâð, ChàCang commune, Mðá»Âng Lay district
Subdivisions
Phạm Huy (1998:12) lists the following two Côá»Âng ethnic subdivisions.
- XàTù Mạ (Silver Côá»Âng)
- Xám Khá»Âng Xú Lứ (Golden Côá»Âng)
Phrases
Golden Côá»Âng and Silver Côá»Âng differ linguistically, as illustrated by the following phrases from Phạm (1998:13) in Vietnamese orthography (quá»Âc ngữ).
- Golden Coong
- Háng lế ('Who is there?')
- HÃÂ ng chÃÂ ('eat rice')
- àsá» tắng ('drink water')
- Silver Coong
- àsáng lê ('Who is there?')
- Hắng tà('eat rice')
- Lắng tắng ('drink water')
Golden Côá»Âng numbers are (Phạm 1998:13):
References
- Edmondson, Jerold A. 2002. "The Central and Southern Loloish Languages of Vietnam". Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Tibeto-Burman and Southeast Asian Linguistics (2002), pp. 1âÂÂ13.
- Phạm Huy. 1998. Bðá»Âc ÃÂầu tìm hiá»Âu vÃÂn hóa dân tá»Âc Côá»Âng. Lai Châu: Sá» VÃÂn Hóa Thông Tin Lai Châu.
- Various. 2014. VÃÂn hóa dân gian ngðá»Âi Cá»Âng tá»Ânh ÃÂiá»Ân Biên (Quyá»Ân 1). HàNá»Âi: Nhàxuất bản vÃÂn hóa thông tin.
- Various. 2014. VÃÂn hóa dân gian ngðá»Âi Cá»Âng tá»Ânh ÃÂiá»Ân Biên (Quyá»Ân 3). HàNá»Âi: Nhàxuất bản vÃÂn hóa thông tin.