Pacoh language

Pacoh
Native to Vietnam
Native speakers
 unknown (5,000 Tareng cited 1981)[1]
32,000 Pacoh (2002–2005)
Dialects
Tareng
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
pac – Pacoh
tgr – Tareng
Glottolog paco1243[2]

The Pacoh language is a member of the Katuic language group, a part of the Eastern Mon–Khmer linguistic branch. Most Pacoh speakers live in central Laos and central Vietnam.[3] Pacoh is undergoing substantial change, influenced by the Vietnamese.[4]

Pacoh is spoken by 10,000-15,000 people, therefore, approaching the level of an endangered language.[5] About 70% of Pacoh are mono-lingual, meaning they only speak their own language.

Alternative names are: Paco, Pokoh, Bo River Van Kieu. Its dialects are Pahi (Ba-Hi).

Phonology

Vowels (Sidwell 2003):

Pacoh has six vowel qualities, all of which occur long and short, in modal and creaky voice. Creaky vowels are lowered compared to modally voiced vowels. There are three diphthongs which also occur modal and creaky. Unlike other languages in the area, vowel phonation does not seem to have originated in the phonation of preceding consonants.

Monophthongs
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High modal i iː ɨ ɨːu uː
Low modal e eːə əːo oː
High creaky ḛ ḛːə̰ ə̰ːo̰ o̰ː
Low creaky ɛ̰ ɛ̰ːa̰ a̰ːɔ̰ ɔ̰ː
Diphthongs
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Modal iə ɨəuə
Creaky ḛaə̰ao̰a

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Pacoh at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Tareng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Pacoh". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Table 41: Austroasiatic languages. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  4. ↑ Mark J. Alves. "A grammar of Pacoh: A Mon–Khmer language of the central highlands of Vietnam". Pacific Linguistics Publishers. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  5. ↑ "The Pacoh People: Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam". Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2007-09-11.

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