Pearic languages

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Pearic
Geographic
distribution:		 Indo-China
Genetic
classification:		 Austro-Asiatic
 Mon-Khmer
  Eastern Mon-Khmer
   Pearic
Subdivisions:
Western Pearic
Eastern Pearic
ISO 639-2: pcb

The Pearic languages are a group of endangered languages of the Eastern Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by Pear people (the Por, the Samré, the Samray, the Suoy, and the Chong) living in western Cambodia and southeastern Thailand.[1][2]

Pearic languages are remnants of the aboriginal languages of much of Cambodia, but have dwindled in numbers due to slavery, pogroms, and assimilation. "Pear" is a pejorative term meaning slave or caste.

Pearic languages include:[3]

  • Eastern
    • Pear
  • Western
    • Chong
      • Chong
      • Sa'och
    • Samre
      • Somray
      • Samre
    • Suoy
      • Suoy

ISO 639-3: pcb

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Overview of the distribution of Pear (Por) people in Cambodia. ngoforum.org. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
  2. ^ "Pearic languages". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2007-19-11. 
  3. ^ Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Pearic. ethnologue. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.

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