Cốông language explained

Cốông
States:Vietnam
Ethnicity:Phunoi
Date:2009 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Loloish
Fam5:Southern
Fam6:Bisoid
Script:Latin script
Iso3:cnc
Glotto:coon1239
Glottorefname:Coong

Cốông is a Loloish language of Vietnam. It is spoken by approximately 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):

References