Brao language

Brao
Native to Cambodia, Laos
Native speakers
 59,000 (2005–2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
brb – Lave
krr – Krung
krv – Kavet
Glottolog lave1238[2]

Brao is a Mon–Khmer language of Cambodia and Laos.

Phonology

Consonants[3]
Labial Coronal Palatal Velar Dorsal
Nasals ʰm m ʰn n ɲ ʰŋ ŋ  
Obstruents pʰ p b ʔb tʰ t d ʔd ç c ɟ ʔɟ kʰ k ɡ ʔɡ ħ ʔ
Trill   r      
Approximant   l j w  

Varieties

According to Ethnologue, there are four distinct but mutually intelligible varieties, sometimes considered separate languages: Lave (Brao proper), Kru’ng (Kreung), and Kavet (Kravet), the latter spoken by only a couple thousand.

Districts of Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia

Sidwell (2003) also lists four communities of speakers, three of which are in Cambodia.

Lun, spoken in Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, is related to Lave and Kavet (Philip Lambrecht 2012).[4]

Demographics

Sidwell (2003) suggests the possibility of a total of 50,000 speakers, while Bradley (1994:161) gives an estimate of 35,000. All estimates below are drawn from Sidwell (2003:30).

References

  1. ↑ Lave at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Krung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kavet at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Laveh–Brao". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Keller, Charles E. (April 1999). "Brao-Krung Phonology" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 31. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. ↑ http://li.payap.ac.th/images/stories/survey/khmer_khes_report_final.pdf
  5. ↑ Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, Chu Thái Sơn, Lưu Hùng. 2010. Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers.

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