Lachi language

The Lachi language (Chinese: 拉基; pinyin: lājī, Vietnamese: La Chí; autonym in China: li35 pu44 ljo44; autonym in Vietnam: qu32 te453, where qu32 means "person") is a Kra language spoken in Yunnan, China and in northern Vietnam. There were 9,500 Lachi speakers in Vietnam in 1990. Edmondson (2008) reports another 2,500 in Maguan County, Yunnan, China for 1995, but Li Yunbing (2000) reports 60 speakers in Maguan out of an ethnic population of 1,600.

Lachi
RegionVietnam, China
EthnicityLachi
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1990–2007)
Kra–Dai
  • Kra
    • Ge–Chi
      • Lachi
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
lbt – Lachi
lwh – White Lachi
Glottologlach1247
ELPLachi
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