Lahu language

Lahu
Lahu
Ladhof
Native to	Yunnan, China; Thailand; Laos; Myanmar
Ethnicity	Lahu
Native speakers	600,000 (2007–2012)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish (Lahoish) Lahu; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script
Official status
Official language in	Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; lhu – Lahu; lhi – Lahu Shi; lkc – Kucong
Glottolog	laho1234

Lahu (autonym: Ladhof [lɑ˥˧xo˩]) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lahu people of China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos. It is widely used in China, both by Lahu people, and by other ethnic minorities in Yunnan, who use it as a lingua franca.^[2] However, the language is not widely used nor taught in any schools in Thailand, where many Lahu are in fact refugees and illegal immigrants, having crossed into Thailand from Myanmar.^[3]

^ Lahu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Lahu Shi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kucong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). "Lahu". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth ed.). Archived from the original on 1 October 2005.
^ Reh 2005