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Lamet
Rmeet
Khamet (Xmet)
Native to	Laos
Ethnicity	Lamet
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 1995 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Lamet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lbn
Glottolog	lame1256

Lamet is a Mon–Khmer language of Laos. There are also one hundred speakers in Lampang Province, Thailand, where it is known as Khamet. Lamet speakers call their language [χəmɛːt], or less commonly [kʰəmɛːt].

Locations

Lamet of Lampang was originally spoken in Takluh village north of Namtha in Laos.

A closely related variety called Lua' is spoken in Ban Pang Chok (Ban Lua), Wiang Pa Pao District, southern Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t	c	k	ʔ
Fricative	f	s		ɣ	h
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant	w	r, l	j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː	ɯ ɯː	u uː
Near-high	ɪ ɪː	ə əː	ʊ ʊː
Mid	e eː	ʌ ʌː	o oː
Low	ɛ ɛː	a aː	ɑ ɑː

Lamet also has two tones; high and low.

References

• Narumol, Charoenma. 1980. The sound systems of Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua. MA thesis, Mahidol University.
• Narumol, Charoenma. 1982. The phonologies of a Lampang Lamet and Wiang Papao Lua. Mon-Khmer Studies 11. 35-45.

External links

• https://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66ED-E@view Lamet in RWAAI Digital Archive