PALAUNGIC BRANCH

Palaungic comparative

Diffloth, Gérard. 1991. Palaungic vowels in Mon-Khmer perspective. In Davison ed. Austroasiatic Languages, essays in honour of H. L. Shorto. SOAS, University of London.

Diffloth, Gérard. 1980. The Wa Languages. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. Vol. 5/2. Berkeley: University of California.

Luce, Gordon H. 1965. Danaw, a dying Austroasiatic language. Lingua 14:98-129. [245 word glossary. ANL has 2,000-word ms.]

Pajatra Dissawarotham, 1986. The Phonology of Plang as spoken in Banhuaynamkhan Ciengrai Province. MA thesis, Mahdol University  [Appendix p98-135 est. 750 words]

Paulsen, Debbie Lynn. 1989. A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Plang. M.A. Thesis, The University of Texas at Arlington. [556 reconstructions and reflexes in 3 dialects]

Proschan, Frank. 1996. A Survey of Khmuic and Palaungic Languages in Laos and Vietnam. Pan-Asiatic Linguistics, 3: 895-919.

Schmidt, Pater Wilhelm. 1904. Grundzüge einer Lautlehreder Khasi-Sprache in ihren Beziehungen zu derjenigen der Mon-Khmer-Sprachen. Mit einem Anhang: die Palaung-Wa-, und Riang-Sprachen des mittleren Salwin. Abh. Bayrischen Akademie der Wissenschaft, 1.22.3:677-810.

Suchada Giaphong, 2004. Plang Grammar as spoken in Huay Namkhun Village, Chiang Rai Province. MA thesis, Mahdol University. [Appendix A, p159-173 est. 1000 words]

Kano' (Danaw) 

Luce, Gordon H. 1965. Danaw, a dying Austroasiatic language. Lingua 14:98-129.

Palaung

Milne, Leslie. 1931. A dictionary of English-Palaung and Palaung-English. Rangoon, Superintendent, Government Printing and Stationary. [about 5000 words – transcription needs some interpretation and may not always be reliable]

Ta-ang (Gold Palaung), Pale

Chén, X-M. et. al. 1986. Da-angyu jianzhi. Beijing, National Minorities Press. (A description of the Ta-ang language, in Chinese). [500+ word glossary]

Janzen, Margarete 1991. Pale-English Dictionary. (language also known as Ta’ang) (495.986jan SIL/BKK) [typed ms.; est. 3,500 words]

Da-ang (Silver Palaung)

Na-ang, Ra-ang

Riang, White-striped Riang, Black Riang/Riang-Lang

Luce, G. H. 1960. Riang-Lang vocabulary, ms. [1400+ word glossary, 3 dialects – ANL]

Angku (Kon-Keu), U, Hu 

Svantesson, Jan-Olof. 1988. U. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 11.1:64-133. [600 word glossary]

Svantesson, Jan-Olof. 19??. HU – A Language with Unorthodox Tonogenesis, Contributions to Mon-Khmer studies: Essays in honour of Professor H.L. Shorto, ed. Jeremy Davidson, SOAS, London [200 word glossary]

Mok, Man-Met

Khabit

Samtao of Laos

Lamet (Khamet), Ramet (Lua') 

Li, Dao Yong, Nie Xi Zhen and Qiu E Feng. 1986. Bulangyu jianzhi. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. (A description of Bulang (Lamet). )

Izikowitz, K. G. 1951. Lamet: Hill peasants in French Indochina. Etnologika studier, 17. Götenborg.

Plang (Bu Lang, Samtao of Myanmar)

 Li, Dao Yong, Nie Xi Zhen and Qiu E Feng. 1986. Bulangyu jianzhi. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. (A description of Bulang (Lamet). [500+ word glossary]

Pijitra Dissawartham. 1986. The Phonology of Plang as spoken in Ban Huay Nam Khun. PhD MA thesis Mahidol University. [700 word glossary]

Wa, Paraok, Avüa, Alva 

Young, M. V. 1934. Lai Yohan, Gospel of John in Wa. Rangoon, American Baptist Mission Press.

Zhou Zhizhi et. al. 1991. Pug lai cix ding yiie sindong lai Vax mai Hox. Kunming, Yunnan Minorities Press. (A Concise Dictionary of Wa and Chinese)

Phalok

Lawa (Ravüa, Lua')

Ratanakul, Suriya. 1986. Lawa-Thai Dictionary. Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development, Mahidol University, Salaya. [420 page dictionary – maybe a third Thai loans]

Mitani, Yasuyuki. 1966. Descriptive Study of the Lawa language (Bo Luang district). Tônan Ajia Kentyû (South East Asian Studies) 4.2: 40-62.

Mitani, Yasuyuki. 1972. A short vocabulary of Lawa. Tônan Ajia Kentyû (South East Asian Studies), 10.1: 131-68.

Wenk, K. 1965. Drei Lawa vokabularien aus Nordthailand. Oriens Extremus 12:107-127.