Native to Laos ISO 639-3 lbn | Native speakers 20,000 (1995 census) Glottolog lame1256 | |
Language family Austroasiatic
Palaungic
Lamet | ||
Lamet is a Mon–Khmer language of Laos. There are also a hundred speakers in Lampang Province, Thailand, where it is known as Khamet. Lamet speakers call their language [χəmɛːt], or less commonly [kʰəmɛːt].
Locations
Lamet of Lampang was originally spoken in Takluh village north of Namtha in Laos.
A closely related variety called Lua' is spoken in Ban Pang Chok (Ban Lua) Wiang Pa Pao District, southern Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.
References
Lamet language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA