Bru language

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Bru
Bruu
Native to Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
Ethnicity Bru, Katang
Native speakers
unknown (300,000 cited 1991–2006)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
bru – Eastern Bru
brv – Western Bru
sss – Sô
xhv – Khua
Glottolog brou1236[2]

Bruu (also spelled Bru, B'ru, Baru, Brou) is a Mon–Khmer dialect continuum spoken by the Bru people of mainland Southeast Asia. and Khua are dialects.[3]

Names

There are various local and dialect designations for Bru (Sidwell 2005:11).

  • So ~
  • Tri (So Tri, Chali)
  • Van Kieu
  • Leu ~ Leung (Kaleu)
  • Galler
  • Khua
  • Katang (not the same as Kataang)

Distribution

The distribution of the Bru language spreads north and northeast from Salavan, Laos, through Savannakhet, Khammouane, and Bolikhamsai, and over into neighboring Thailand and Vietnam (Sidwell 2005:11). In Vietnam, Brâu (Braò) is spoken in Đắk Mế, Bờ Y commune, Đắk Tô District, Kon Tum Province.[4]

Dialects

Thailand has the following Western Bru dialects (Choo, et al. 2012).

References

  1. Eastern Bru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Western Bru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Khua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  4. Lê Bá Thảo, Hoàng Ma, et. al; Viện hàn lâm khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - Viện dân tộc học. 2014. Các dân tộc ít người ở Việt Nam: các tỉnh phía nam. Ha Noi: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội. ISBN 978-604-90-2436-8
  5. http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Jennifer_Engelkemier_Thesis.pdf

External links

Further reading