Chut | |
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Ruc-Sach | |
Spoken in | Vietnam, Laos |
Native speakers | 4,280 (1995–1999) |
Language family |
Austro-Asiatic
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Dialects |
Cheut
Rục
Sách
Mày
Malieng
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | scb |
Chut (Chứt, Cheut) or Ruc-Sach is a dialect cluster spoken by the Chut people of Vietnam, with a smaller population of some 450 speakers in neighbouring Laos (in Khammouane Province). It may be most closely related to Arem.
Chut has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.[1]