Laven language
| Laven | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Laos |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2007)[1] |
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Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: lbo – Jru’ (Laven) sqq – Sou (Su’) |
| Glottolog |
love1237[2] |
Laven is a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos. Laven is the exonym given by the Laotian government, while the autonym of many of those speakers is Jru' [ɟruʔ]. Varieties are:
Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).
References
- ↑ Jru’ (Laven) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sou (Su’) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Loven–Suq". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Sidwell, Paul (2003). A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
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