Hu

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
huo
Alternate Names
Angku, Āng-kú
User Population

1,000 (Li 2006).

Location

Yunnan province: Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Jinghong and Mengla counties, 5 villages, including Nahuopa village in Mengyang township.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Palaungic, Eastern Palaungic, Angkuic
Dialects

Possibly a dialect of U [uuu]. 76% similar lexically with U of Shuangjiang County.

Typology

Affixes; tonal.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Hu
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Officially classified as Undetermined Nationality. Traditional religion.