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Lawa, Mae Hong Son

A language of Thailand

ISO 639-3: lcp

Population	8,000 (2007 Nahhas). Ethnic population: 8,500.
Region	Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son provinces.
Language map	Northern Thailand, reference number 21
Alternate names	L’wa, Lava, Lavüa, “Lua” , Luwa, Mae Hong Son Lawa, Mountain Lawa, Omphai Lawa
Dialects	La-up, Omphai, Northern. Each village has its own distinct accent.. Ban Kok Luang, a village of the Northern group, has the most distinct dialect.
Classification	Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Palaungic, Eastern Palaungic, Waic, Lawa
Language use	Vigorous. Used in all domains except government and education (which are in Central Thai [tha]). All ages. Many also use Northern [nod] or Central Thai [tha]. Some older Also use Sgaw Karen [ksw].
Language development	Literacy in Mae Hong Son Lawa more common among Christians. Literacy in Central Thai has become more common as education becomes more available. Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2001.
Writing system	Thai script.
Comments	Orthography and literature based on Ban La-up dialect. Traditional religion, Buddhist, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AMON Thavisak, author. 2001. "The effects of glottal finals on pitch in Southeast Asian languages."  

JIRANAN Komonkitiskun, author. 1992. "Lawa pronouns."  

NAHHAS, Ramzi W., author. 2011. "Sociolinguistic Survey of Lawa in Thailand."  

SURIYA Ratanakul, author. 1996. "Lawa ləsom Lɛ poetry revisited."