làng
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Arem
Etymology
Cognate Vietnamese làng.
Pronunciation
Noun
làng
Further reading
- Michel Ferlus, 2014, Arem, a Vietic Language, Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1-15, page 9
Mandarin
Alternative forms
- lang — nonstandard
- làŋ — very rare shorthand
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崀
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浪
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 莨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒗
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踇
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阃
Vietnamese
Etymology
Probably from a Hmong-Mien language, compare Iu Mien laangz (“village”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key):
- (Huế) IPA(key):
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key):
- Homophone: làn
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Noun
- (especially Northern Vietnam) a village (rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
- (colloquial) circles; world
Usage notes
- There are multiple words for villages and it is not always clear what the differences are, although it does seem to be a matter of regional and ethnic preference. Northern villages of the ethnically Vietnamese are either làng or thôn. Highlanders' villages are bản, and Central Highland villages are buôn. Southern villages of the ethnically Vietnamese tend to be ấp, while Khmer villages are sóc.
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