A study of endangered and minotiry languages spoken in northern Laos

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21720139
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: KATO Takashi 名古屋大学, 大学院・国際開発研究科, 准教授 (20377766)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 危機・少数言語 / ラオス / チベット・ビルマ / モン・クメール

Research Abstract

In northern Laos there are many endangered languages with less than 10, 000 speakers. However, most of such languages had had no or few previous descriptions when this study started. The purpose of this study is to document such languages. This study has collected data of about 20 languages, including Then(514 people), Iduh(649 people), Kongsat(Suma, about 100 speakers).