Offline for 2 months !
This website has been offline since early May 2010 until early July. This was due to a misreading of the hosting due dates. Back online now and hopefully developments will begin to take place once more.
A Palaungic Ethnolinguistic Ecology
Welcome to Palaungic.Org
The purpose of this website is to explore the ethnolinguistic and
ethno-history of the various Palaungic people groups, the ancient
aboriginal Mon-Khmer population of Northern Southeast Asia.
This site is in the initial stages of construction. We have a big
dream of providing a place for the study and on-publication of
academic and more anecdotal information about the various
ethnolinguistic groups belonging to the Palaungic language family. To
see the scope of the linguistic branch see the
Ethnologue classification
What are the Palaungic Languages?
Communities & Forums
Merit and the Millennium: Routine and Crisis in the Ritual Lives of the Lahu People by Anthony Walker, 2003. Hindustan Publishing Corp.
The Lahu now reside among the Eastern Palaungic peoples, having migrated during the last 200-300 years into Palaungic regions of Yunnan, China and more recently to Eastern Burma and Northern Laos. Walker's discussion of Lahu village culture gives ethnographic insight as well to local Mon-Khmer habits. Walker is an anthropologist who has studied the Lahu for over 36 years and has lived in a Lahu village for more than 4 years. The book is 907 pages, plus maps, tables, photos and charts.
James Matisoff's review - "This massive work
must surely rank as the best treatment of the spiritual life of
any minority people of Southeast Asia. Although the book's chief
focus is on Lahu religious beliefs and practices, Walker emphasizes that these can only be appreciated in the context of Lahu history and society in general, subjects on which his thirty-six years of research have made him the world's leading authority."
The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004
Photo Gallery
Periodically we will try to feature pictures of various Palaungic peoples in their typical village environment.
News
News: You can check on events among various Palaungic people at:
Irrawaddy Online News
Burma News International
Shan Herald
Mongloi
Palaungic Forum
There's a new forum available. It has been set up as place to discuss whatever you like in regards to the Palaungic languages. Follow the link to the Palaungic Forum. Comments and suggestions most welcome.
Dr Paulette Hopple
Dr Paulette Hopple was the visionary behind the establishment of this website. On 18 Dec 2008 she passed away at the end of a 6 week field trip in China.
She will be sorely missed by her many friends and colleagues around the world.
Follow the link to a Memorial Page.
