Hu language

This article is about the Angkuic minority language spoken in Yunnan. For the Wu language spoken in Shanghai also known as Hùyǔ (沪语), see Shanghainese.

Hu
Kon Keu
Native to	China
Region	Yunnan
Native speakers	1,000 (2006)
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 (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.

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).

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'. They are also known locally as the Kunge people (昆格人) or Kongge people (控格人).

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.