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ALSO KNOWN AS		Cosung, Lahlu, Lahu, 苦聰話
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lkc
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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~45,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~45,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 45,000 group members, very widely scattered from north to south, east of the main Lahu concentrations, cultural similarities with adjacent Hani rather than with Lahu. 5,400 in Vietnam, nearly 40,000 in China.

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Language starting to be replaced by Hani and Chinese.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hani
Chinese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Applied for but failed to achieve official nationality status in China in the early 1980s, amalgamated into the Lahu nationality in 1989.

PLACES: China and Vietnam

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: China: south central Yunnan, Xinping, Jingdong, Zhenyuan, Jinggu, Jinping, Jiangcheng and Mengla counties; Vietnam, Lai Chau Province, Mươưg Tè District.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
46,870
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
6,870 in Viet Nam (2007).

PLACES: China; Vietnam

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
94,000
Native speakers worldwide

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		94,000	10000-99999				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					22.6166,102.75
	2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			David Bradley	Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	~45,000	~45,000	10000-99999	About 45,000 group members, very widely scattered from north to south, east of the main Lahu concentrations, cultural similarities with adjacent Hani rather than with Lahu. 5,400 in Vietnam, nearly 40,000 in China.	Hani, Chinese	Applied for but failed to achieve official nationality status in China in the early 1980s, amalgamated into the Lahu nationality in 1989.	Vulnerable (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Language starting to be replaced by Hani and Chinese.	11	China and Vietnam	China: south central Yunnan, Xinping, Jingdong, Zhenyuan, Jinggu, Jinping, Jiangcheng and Mengla counties; Vietnam, Lai Chau Province, Mươưg Tè District.
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		46,870	10000-99999	6,870 in Viet Nam (2007).			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			China; Vietnam

Kucong

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Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~45,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

46,870

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

94,000

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Kucong

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Language information by source

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~45,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

46,870

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

94,000

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