Cốông language

Cốông is a Loloish language of Vietnam. It is spoken by approximately 1,500 speakers in Mường Tè District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam. It is related to but quite distinct from Phunoi.

Distribution

According to Jerold Edmondson (2002), Cốông is spoken in 5 villages of Mường Tè District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam.

• Bo Lếch, Can Hồ commune
• Nậm Khao, Nậm Khao commune
• Nậm Pục, Nậm Khao commune
• Tác Ngá, Mường Mồ commune
• Nậm Kè, Mường Tong commune

According to Phạm Huy (1998:10), Côống is spoken in the following villages, all of which are in Mường Tè District except for Huổi Sâư.

• Bo Lếch, Can Hồ commune
• Nậm Luồng, Can Hồ commune (part of Bo Lếch before)
• Nậm Khao, Nậm Khao commune
• Nậm Pục, Nậm Khao commune
• Tác Ngá, Mường Mô commune
• Nậm Kè, Mường Toong commune
• Huổi Sâư, Chà Cang commune, Mường Lay district

Subdivisions

Phạm Huy (1998:12) lists the following two Côống ethnic subdivisions.

• Xí Tù Mạ (Silver Côống)
• Xám Khổng Xú Lứ (Golden Côống)

Phrases

Golden Côống and Silver Côống differ linguistically, as illustrated by the following phrases from Phạm (1998:13) in Vietnamese orthography (quốc ngữ).

• Golden Coong
  • Háng lế ('Who is there?')
  • Hàng chà ('eat rice')
  • Ý sộ tắng ('drink water')
• Silver Coong
  • À sáng lê ('Who is there?')
  • Hắng tà ('eat rice')
  • Lắng tắng ('drink water')

Golden Côống numbers are (Phạm 1998:13):

References

• Edmondson, Jerold A. 2002. "The Central and Southern Loloish Languages of Vietnam". Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Tibeto-Burman and Southeast Asian Linguistics (2002), pp. 1–13.
• Phạm Huy. 1998. Bước đầu tìm hiểu văn hóa dân tộc Côống. Lai Châu: Sở Văn Hóa Thông Tin Lai Châu.
• Various. 2014. Văn hóa dân gian người Cống tỉnh Điện Biên (Quyển 1). Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin. ISBN 978-604-50-1544-5
• Various. 2014. Văn hóa dân gian người Cống tỉnh Điện Biên (Quyển 3). Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin. ISBN 978-604-50-1546-9

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Sino-Tibetan branches

Western Himalayas
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)

• West Himalayish
• Tamangic
• Newaric
  • Newar
  • Baram–Thangmi
• Kiranti
• Dhimalish
  • Dhimal
  • Toto
  • Lhokpu
• Lepcha

Greater Magaric	Magaric Magar Kham Chepangic Chepang Bhujel Raji–Raute Dura–Tandrange

Eastern Himalayas
(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)

• Bodish
  • Tibetic
  • East Bodish
  • Tshangla
  • Basum
  • Nam?
• Gongduk
• ʼOle
• Tani
• Chamdo

Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border

• Karbi
• Kuki-Chin
• Mruic
  • Mru
  • Hkongso
• Pyu
• Taman

"Naga"	Ao Angami–Pochuri Meitei Tangkhulic Zeme
Sal	Boro–Garo Konyak Jingpho–Luish

East and Southeast Asia

• Sinitic
  • Chinese
  • Min
• Bai
• Tujia
• Nungish
• Karenic
• Gong
• Kathu
• Cai–Long
  • Caijia
  • Longjia
  • Luren

Burmo-Qiangic	Qiangic Gyalrongic Ersuic Naic Lolo-Burmese Mondzish Burmish Loloish

Dubious (possible isolates)
(Arunachal)

• Hrusish
  • Hruso
  • Mijiic
• Kho-Bwa
  • Puroik
• Miju–Meyor
• Songlin

Greater Siangic	Siangic Koro Milang Idu–Taraon

Proposed groupings

• Central Tibeto-Burman
• Kuki-Chin–Naga
• Macro-Bai
• Mahakiranti
• Rung
• Tibeto-Burman
• Tibeto-Kanauri

Proto-languages

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan
• Proto-Tibeto-Burman
• Proto-Loloish
• Proto-Karenic
• Proto-Min
• Proto-Hakka

Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.