Khongsat language

Khongsat
Khongsat
Suma
Native to	Laos
Native speakers	(110 cited 1999)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Bisoid Khongsat; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Last updated January 02, 2026

Khongsat (Kongsat, su55ma33), also called Suma,^[2] is a Loloish language of northern Laos.

Khongsat is spoken in Namo District, Oudomxai province, including in Sutko village (Kato 2008).

References

↑ Chazee, Laurent. 1999. The Peoples of Laos: Rural and Ethnic Diversities.
↑ Kato, Takashi. 2018. An interim field report of Suma and Mlabri: Two endangered languages of Laos. Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.

Sources

Kato, Takashi. 2008. Linguistic Survey of Tibeto-Burman languages in Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

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[1] Chazee, Laurent. 1999. The Peoples of Laos: Rural and Ethnic Diversities.

[2] Kato, Takashi. 2018. An interim field report of Suma and Mlabri: Two endangered languages of Laos. Proceedings of the 51st International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (2018). Kyoto: Kyoto University.

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