Pacoh
Native toLaos, Vietnam
EthnicityPacoh
Native speakers
32,000 (2002–2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pac
Glottologpaco1243

The Pacoh language is a member of the Katuic language group, a part of the Eastern Mon–Khmer linguistic branch. Most Pacoh speakers live in central Laos and central Vietnam.[2] Pacoh is undergoing substantial change, influenced by the Vietnamese.[3]

Alternative names are Paco, Pokoh, Bo River Van Kieu. Its dialects are Pahi (Ba-Hi). They are officially classified by the Vietnamese government as Ta'Oi (Tà Ôi) people.

Phonology

Vowels (Sidwell 2003):

Pacoh has six vowel qualities, all of which occur long and short, in modal and creaky voice. Creaky vowels are lowered compared to modally voiced vowels. There are three diphthongs which also occur modal and creaky. Unlike other languages in the area, vowel phonation does not seem to have originated in the phonation of preceding consonants.

Monophthongs
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High modal i iːɨ ɨːu uː
Low modal e eːə əːo oː
High creaky ḛ ḛːə̰ ə̰ːo̰ o̰ː
Low creaky ɛ̰ ɛ̰ːa̰ a̰ːɔ̰ ɔ̰ː
Diphthongs
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Modal iəɨəuə
Creaky ḛaə̰ao̰a

References

  1. ↑ Pacoh at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Table 41: Austroasiatic languages. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
  3. ↑ Mark J. Alves. "A grammar of Pacoh: A Mon–Khmer language of the central highlands of Vietnam". Pacific Linguistics Publishers. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-09-11.

Further reading

  • Alves, M. J. (2006). "A grammar of Pacoh: a Mon–Khmer language of the central highlands of Vietnam". Pacific linguistics, 580. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University. ISBN 0-85883-568-1
  • Watson, Richard L. (1964). "Pacoh Phonemes". Mon-Khmer Studies Journal.
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