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Laos
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• Miller, Carolyn P. 1996. "Application of typologies for language maintenance and loss to Southeast Asian linguistic minorities: the case of the Bru-So and Kadazan-Dusun language continua."

Acoustic phonetics

• Jacq, Pascale. 2002. "Phonetic realizations of /ʔC/ and /hC/ word-initial sequences in Jruq."  

Adpositions

• Costello, Nancy A. 2000. "Dialect differences for Katu prepositional phrases."  

Affixes

• Costello, Nancy A. 1998. "Affixes in Katu of the Lao P. D. R.."  

Articles

• Rischel, Jørgen. 2006. "The "definite article" in Mlabri."

Aspect

• Costello, Nancy A. 2001. "Aspect and tense in Katu of the Lao P.D.R.."  

Bibliography

• Smalley, William A. 1973. "Bibliography of Khmuʔ."  

Case

• Solntseva, V. Nina. 1996. "Case-marked pronouns in the Taoih language."  

Clauses

• Amara Prasithrathsint and Natchanan Yaowapat. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian languages."  
• Davis, John J. 1973. "Notes on Nyaheun grammar."  

Comparative and historical studies

• Morev, Lev N. 1998. "Expressing comparison in the Tai languages."  
• Nomura, Naomitsu Mikami. 1992. "A semantic analysis of the so-called passive verbs in some Indochinese languages."  
• Ratliff, Martha. 1997. "Hmong-Mien demonstratives and pattern persistence."  
• Sidwell, Paul. 2003. "A note on the reconstruction of proto West Bahnaric and investigation of early West Bahnaric-Katuic contact."  

Coreference

• Jacq, Pascale. 2006. "The 'who' and 'how' of Nyaheun /hɨ/."

Demonstratives

• Ratliff, Martha. 1997. "Hmong-Mien demonstratives and pattern persistence."  

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• Bauer, Robert S. 2000. Review of: Nghe an Khmu-Vietnamese-Thai-English dictionary, by Suwilai Premsrirat and others.  
• Suksavang Simana,Somseng Sayavong and Elisabeth Preisig, editors. 1994. Pwm pè hrloʼ kmhmuʼ - Laav - Frang - Angkit (Kmhmuʼ - Lao - French - English dictionary); Vatcaʼnaanuʼkom Kkhaʼmuʼ - Laaw - Faʼlang - Angkit (Dictionnaire kmhmuʼ - lao - français - anglais).
• Suwilai Premsrirat; David Thomas and Robert S. Bauer, editors. 2002. The thesaurus and dictionary series of Khmu dialects in Southeast Asia.  

Discourse structure

• Morev, Lev N. 1998. "Expressing comparison in the Tai languages."  

Education

• Khamluan Sulavan,Thongpheth Kingsada and Nancy A. Costello. 1996. papheni seuksaa kaandamlong siiwid khong, phaw katuu buuhaan = hiid kaan phaalcom phalmong katuu ahoon = Katu traditional education for daily life in ancient times; laaw katuu angkid = Lao - Katu - English.

Ethnography

• Davis, John J. 1980. "Nyaheun medicine and some problems posed to Western medical practice."  
• Khamluan Sulavan and Nancy A. Costello. 1994. Papheni kieokap kasikam khong phao Katu = Hit Katu loeng kasikam = Belief and practice in Katu agriculture: Lao-Katu-English: a joint project.
• Khamluan Sulavan,Thongpheth Kingsada and Nancy A. Costello. 1996. papheni seuksaa kaandamlong siiwid khong, phaw katuu buuhaan = hiid kaan phaalcom phalmong katuu ahoon = Katu traditional education for daily life in ancient times; laaw katuu angkid = Lao - Katu - English.
• Khamluan Sulavan; Thongpheth Kingsada and Nancy A. Costello, translators. 1995. Papheni kanpinpua khong phao Katu = Hit Katu payoe kanˀai = Aspects of Katu traditional medicine: Lao-Katu-English.
• Lundström, Hakan. 2002. "Kåmmu vocal genres and performance."  
• Suksavang Simana and Elisabeth Preisig. 1997. Kankhongsip khong saophao Ku'mmu = Kmhmu' livelihood: farming the forest.
• Suwilai Premsrirat. 2002. "Appropriateness in Khmu culture."  

Ethnology

• Damrong, Tayanin and Kristina Lindell. 1994. "The Khmu cycles of 60 days and 60 years."  

Ethnomusicology

• Lundström, Hakan. 2002. "Kåmmu vocal genres and performance."  
• Saurman, Todd W. 2001. Review of: I will send my song... Təəm and other Kammu vocal genre in the singing of Kam Raw, by Hakan Lundström.  

Folklore, myth and legend

• Costello, Nancy A. 1998. "Fire and water in Mon-Khmer mythology."  

Kinship systems

• Suwilai Premsrirat. 2002. "Appropriateness in Khmu culture."  

Language classification

• Theraphan L.-Thongkum. 1997. "The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric."  

Language distribution

• Edmondson, Jerold A. and David B. Solnit. 1997. "Introduction."
• Thomas, David D. 1980. "The place of Alak, Tampuan, and West Bahnaric."  

Language policy

• Kosonen, Kimmo. 2005. "Vernaculars in literacy and basic education in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand."

Language surveys

• Rischel, Jørgen. 2000. "The dialect of Bernatzik’s (1938) "Yumbri" refound?."  

Lexicostatistics

• Migliazza, Brian Louis. 1992. "Lexicostatistic analysis of some Katuic languages."
• Smith, Kenneth D. 1981. "A lexico-statistical study of 45 Mon-Khmer languages."

Noun classification

• Somsonge Burusphat. 2007. "A comparison of general classifiers in Tai-Kadai languages."

Nouns

• Morev, Lev N. 2006. "Cognitive and structural aspects of abstract nominalization in Tai and some other isolating languages of Southeast Asia."

Orthography

• Costello, Nancy A. and Khamluan Sulavan. 1996. "Preliminary statement of Katu orthography in Lao script."  
• Jacq, Pascale. 2004. "The development of a Lao-based orthography for Jruˀ."  
• Miller, John and Carolyn Miller. 2005. "A proposed Lao script orthography for Bru Van Kieu/Bru Tri."
• van der Haak, Feikje. 1993. "Taʼuaih phonology and orthography: a preliminary statement."  

Particles

• Rischel, Jørgen. 2006. "The "definite article" in Mlabri."

Passive voice

• Nomura, Naomitsu Mikami. 1992. "A semantic analysis of the so-called passive verbs in some Indochinese languages."  

Pedagogical grammars

• Wright, Pamela Sue. 1996. A Lao grammar for language learners.

Phonological change

• Suwilai Premsrirat. 1999. "Phonological variation and change in the Khmu dialects of northern Thailand."  

Phonological descriptions

• Conver, Lynn C. 1999. "A sketch of the phonology of a Lamet dialect."  
• Cooper, Arthur D. 1999. "An acoustic phonetic analysis of the vowels and tones of Lahu Shi Balan."
• Smith, Ronald L. 1973. "Ngeq phonemes."  
• van der Haak, Feikje. 1993. "Taʼuaih phonology and orthography: a preliminary statement."  
• Wayland, Ratree. 1996. "Lao expressives."  

Phrase

• Costello, Nancy A. 2000. "Dialect differences for Katu prepositional phrases."  

Pronouns

• Jacq, Pascale. 2006. "The 'who' and 'how' of Nyaheun /hɨ/."
• Solntseva, V. Nina. 1996. "Case-marked pronouns in the Taoih language."  

Reduplication

• Smith, Ronald L. 1973. "Reduplication in Ngeq."  

Reviews

• Bauer, Robert S. 2000. Review of: Nghe an Khmu-Vietnamese-Thai-English dictionary, by Suwilai Premsrirat and others.  
• Saurman, Todd W. 2001. Review of: I will send my song... Təəm and other Kammu vocal genre in the singing of Kam Raw, by Hakan Lundström.  

Rhetoric

• Proschan, Frank. 1994. "Khmu play languages."  

Tagmemics

• Davis, John J. 1973. "Notes on Nyaheun grammar."  

Tense

• Costello, Nancy A. 2001. "Aspect and tense in Katu of the Lao P.D.R.."  

Tone

• Person, Kirk R. 1998. "Voice quality and tone in several Lao dialects."
• Suwilai Premsrirat. 2001. "Tonogenesis in Khmu dialects of SEA."  
• Suwilai Premsrirat. 2004. "Register complex and tonogenesis in Khmu dialects."  

Typology

• Amara Prasithrathsint and Natchanan Yaowapat. 2009. "A typology of relative clauses in Mainland Southeast Asian languages."