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Laha (Na Tay) audio word list
No full text<p>On a chilly morning in February 13, 2014, I went to Pi Toong commune, Mường La district, Sơn La province, Vietnam and found that there was one isolated Laha village there called Nà Tạy. The name of the village is in Black Thai, where Nà means 'field', and Tạy is a kind of wild edible fruit found in the local forests. Nà Tạy is located in a relatively flat area closer to the river, with higher-quality arable land and rice fields surrounding it. This points to the historically earlier arrival of the Laha, as they were able to secure better farming land than later migrants such as the Black Thai and Hmong.<br>
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Another isolated Laha village in Pi Toong commune is located about 25 km away. 2 or 3 Kháng villages (incl. bản Pá Hơp) are located over 40 km away in Nậm Giông commune, on the other side of the Sông Đà river. Most of the houses in the Laha village are on stilts, and the women dress just like that Black Thai (Thai Dam), with topknot hairstyles. The khaen mouth organ of the Black Thai is not played by the Laha in this village. Fortunately, the children still speak Laha. Villagers report that the Laha villages in Mường Bú and Chieng Xom communes, closer to Sơn La City, cannot speak Laha anymore but can still understand some of it.<br>
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My informant was Quàng Văn Chiêu (male, born Sept. 26, 1989; completely fluent in Vietnamese, Laha, and Black Thai).<br>
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Laha of Noong Lay commune (which Edmondson had researched) preserves final -l and initial Cl-, but Pi Toong does not. However, r- / -r- (initial/medial r; sometimes a retroflex and sometimes an alveolar trill; I think they're in complementary distribution) is very interesting, and may point to retroflexes in Proto-Kra. Noong Lay Laha has d- instead of r-. v- also comes as a surprise, as it is not present in either Noong Lay or Ta Mit Laha.</p>
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<li>Laha (Noong Lay) phl- : Laha (Pi Toong) f-</li>
<li>Laha (Noong Lay) pl- : Laha (Pi Toong) ph-</li>
<li>Laha (Noong Lay) bl- : Laha (Pi Toong) v-</li>
<li>Laha (Noong Lay) -l : Laha (Pi Toong) -n</li>
<li>Laha (Noong Lay) kl- : Laha (Pi Toong) k-</li>
<li>Laha (Noong Lay) d- : Laha (Pi Toong) r- [but not always]</li>
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<p>Some forms are also more similar to Ta Mit Laha than to Noong Lay Laha. But Pi Toong Laha is obviously the same language as Noong Lay Laha, and my informant could understand Edmondson's recordings of Noong Laha but not Ta Mit Laha.<br>
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This is a previously undocumented variety of Laha. Evidently more research needs to be done urgently on different dialects, especially since conservative features of the language such as initial clusters, final -l, etc. may be lost among younger generations as with the Saek language of Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand.</p>
<p>Their autonym was xon⁵⁵xa³⁵, with xon⁵⁵ meaning 'person' in Tai Dam.</p>https://sites.google.com/site/msealangs/kra-dai/laha-na-ta
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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No full textWe show that gravitational wave emission from neutron star binaries can be used to discover any generic long-ranged muonic force due to the large inevitable abundance of muons inside neutron stars. As a minimal consistent example, we focus on a gauged U(1)Lμ-Lτ symmetry. In pulsar binaries, such U(1)Lμ-Lτ vectors induce an anomalously fast decay of the orbital period through the emission of dipole radiation. We study a range of different pulsar binaries, finding the most powerful constraints for vector masses below O(10-18 eV). For merging binaries, the presence of muons in neutron stars can result in dipole radiation as well as a modification of the chirp mass during the inspiral phase. We make projections for a prospective search using both the GW170817 and S190814bv events and find that current data can discover light vectors with masses below O(10-10 eV). In both cases, the limits attainable with neutron stars reach gauge coupling g′≲10-20, which are many orders of magnitude stronger than previous constraints. We also show projections for next generation experiments, such as Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer.We show that gravitational wave emission from neutron star binaries can be used to discover any generic long-ranged muonic force due to the large inevitable abundance of muons inside neutron stars. As a minimal consistent example, we focus on a gauged U(1) symmetry. In pulsar binaries, such U(1) vectors induce an anomalously fast decay of the orbital period through the emission of dipole radiation. We study a range of different pulsar binaries, finding the most powerful constraints for vector masses below . For merging binaries the presence of muons in neutron stars can result in dipole radiation as well as a modification of the chirp mass during the inspiral phase. We make projections for a prospective search using both the GW170817 and S190814bv events and find that current data can discover light vectors with masses below . In both cases, the limits attainable with neutron stars reach gauge coupling , which are many orders of magnitude stronger than previous constraints. We also show projections for next generation experiments, such as Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer
Analysis of Coastal Abrasion Rate of Laha Village Ambon City using Satellite Data
No full textThe coastline is the boundary between the sea and land. Line changes are caused by abrasion and accretion. Abrasion and accretion occur throughout the coast of Laha so that the coastline undergoes quite drastic changes. This study aims to determine how much the average rate of abrasion and coastal accretion per year and how much the average area of abrasion and accretion for 10 years of recording data on the Laha coast. This study uses the remote sensing method as a rapid study to detect the rate of abrasion and accretion on Laha beach using Landsat 8 images in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 as primary data Calculation of shoreline changes using DSAS (digital shoreline analysis system) using the NSM (net shoreline movement) statistical method. The results of the 10-year coastal abrasion rate study occurred thoroughly on the coast of Laha beach. The highest abrasion occurred in 2018-2019 with an average value of NSM -15 cm/year while the highest accretion occurred in 2019-2020 with an average value of NSM +19.97 cm/year. Abrasion area for 10 years with an average value of NSM of -89.29 m2 / year while accretion for 10 years with an average value of NSM of +70.70 m2/ year. With the rate of abrasion that occurs, it is necessary to build coastal buildings evenly so that abrasion can be minimized
Cuckoo's Eggs in Neutron Stars: Can LIGO Hear Chirps from the Dark Sector?
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
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MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN JIWA KEWIRAUSAHAAN BAGI KELOMPOK USAHA MEKAR SARI DI DESA LAHA
No full textMenjamurnya Indomaret dan Alfamidi di Kota Ambon pada satu sisi, menunjukkan perkembangan perekonomian yang baik, tetapi di sisi lain, gairah ekonomi itu ternyata memicu keresahan di kalangan pelaku usaha kecil dan menengah. Dalam kondisi persaingan yang semakin ketat antara usaha kecil dan pasar modern yang terjadi di Kota Ambon, salah satu usaha kecil yang harus bertahan yaitu Kelompok Usaha Mekar Sari yang terletak di Desa Laha. Selain persaingan usaha dengan adanya pasar modern disekitar lokasi usaha Kelompok Usaha Mekar Sari, maka kelompok usaha ini juga mempunyai masalah internal yang biasa dihadapi oleh pelaku usaha yaitu masih minimnya pengetahuan tentang jiwa kewirausahaan yang akan mempengaruhi keinginan untuk menjadi wirausaha yang baik. Agar dapat menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi oleh Kelompok Usaha Mekar Sari, maka sangat perlu diberikan penyuluhan tentang pengetahuan jiwa kewirausahaan pada kelompok usaha ini. Kegiatan dilakukan dengan metode berupa ceramah sekaligus terdapat sesi tanya jawab dan diskusi. Kegiatan pelatihan seperti ini memang harus menjadi bagian penting bagi Kelompok Usaha Mekar Sari di Desa Laha. Hal ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pemahaman bahkan mengembangkan cara berusaha tiap anggota sesuai dengan perkembangan zaman yang semakin modern dengan berbagai teknologi
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