Lakkia language

Lakkia
拉珈语
Lakkja
Native toChina
RegionJinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi
Native speakers
9,000 (2007)[1]
Kra–Dai
Early form
Language codes
ISO 639-3lbc
Glottologlakk1238
ELPLakkia

The Lakkia language (Chinese: 拉珈语; pinyin: Lājiāyǔ), also spelled Lakkja after its IPA transcription, is a Kra–Dai language spoken in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Laibin, East-Central Guangxi, China.

Lakkia speakers are thought to have migrated from further east, possibly from the Biao-speaking areas of Northwestern Guangdong Province (L.-Thongkum 1992). Today, they live mostly in the Dayaoshan (Chinese: 大瑶山; lit. 'Big Yao Mountain') region of Jinxiu County.

  1. ^ Lakkia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)