ABSTRACT
Lahu is a member of the Central Loloish branch of the Lolo-Burmese subgroup of TibetoBurman (TB). The Lahu people refer to themselves as LâhU-yâ (yâ ‘son’, ‘child’).1 The Burmese, Shan, Thai, and Lao call the Lahu by a name romanized variously as Muhsur, Mussur, etc. most likely derived from Burmese mouʔ-hsôu ‘hunter’. In Vietnam, the Lahu are called Coxjng (also spelt Co Sung, Co Xung, or Khu Xung).2
