| Hu | |
|---|---|
| Kon Keu | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:huo – Hukkn – Kon Keu (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | huuu1240 Hukonk1268 Kon Keu |
| ELP | Hu |
Hu (Chinese:户语;pinyin:Hùyǔ), alsoAngku orKon Keu, is aPalaungic language ofXishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture,Yunnan,China. Its speakers are an unclassified ethnic minority; the Chinese government counts the Angku as members of theBulang nationality, but the Angku language is not intelligible with Bulang.[2]
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, acounty-level city).[3]
Hu speakers call themselves thexuʔ55, and the localDai peoples call them the "black people" (黑人), as well asxɔn55kɤt35, meaning 'surviving souls'.[4] They are also known locally as the Kunge people (昆格人) or Kongge people (控格人).[1]
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