Hu language

Hu
Kon Keu
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	1,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Angkuic Hu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: huo – Hu kkn – Kon Keu (duplicate code)
Glottolog	huuu1240  Hu konk1268  Kon Keu
ELP	Hu

Hu (Chinese: 户语; pinyin: Hùyǔ), also Angku or Kon Keu, is a Palaungic language of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Its speakers are an unclassified ethnic minority; the Chinese government counts the Angku as members of the Bulang nationality, but the Angku language is not intelligible with Bulang.^[2]

Distribution

According to Li (2006:340), there are fewer than 1,000 speakers living on the slopes of the "Kongge" Mountain ("控格山") in Na Huipa village (纳回帕村), Mengyang township (勐养镇), Jinghong (景洪市, a county-level city).^[3]

Hu speakers call themselves the xuʔ55, and the local Dai peoples call them the "black people" (黑人), as well as xɔn55 kɤt35, meaning 'surviving souls'.^[4] They are also known locally as the Kunge people (昆格人) or Kongge people (控格人).^[1]

References

1. Li (2006).
2. Hu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
3. "Jǐnghóng Shì Měngyǎng Zhèn Kūngé Cūnwěihuì Nàhuípà" 景洪市勐养镇昆格村委会纳回帕 [Nahuipa, Kunge Village Committee, Mengyang Town, Jinghong City]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
4. Yan & Zhou (2012), p. 152.

Further reading

• Jiang, Guangyou 蒋光友; Shi, Jian 时建 (2016). Kūngéyǔ cānkǎo yǔfǎ 昆格语参考语法 [A Reference Grammar of Kunge [Hu]] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-5161-8444-8.
• Li, Jinfang 李锦芳 (2006). Xīnán dìqū bīnwēi yǔyán diàochá yánjiū 西南地区濒危语言调查研究 [Studies on Endangered Languages in the Southwest China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
• Svantesson, Jan-Olof (1991). "Hu – a Language with Unorthodox Tonogenesis". In Davidson, Jeremy H.C.S. (ed.). Austroasiatic Languages: Essays in Honour of H. L. Shorto (PDF). London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. pp. 67–80.
• Yan, Qixiang 颜其香; Zhou, Zhizhi 周植志 (2012). Zhōngguó Mèng-Gāomián yǔzú yǔyán yǔ Nányǎ yǔxì 中国孟高棉语族语言与南亚语系 [Mon-Khmer Languages of China and the Austroasiatic Family]. Beijing: Shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-5097-2860-4.

External links

• RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• Hu in RWAAI Digital Archive
• Hu recordings in Kaipuleohone include a word list, sentence elicitation and interview.