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Bru language

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Ethnicity
  
Bru, Katang

Glottolog
  
brou1236

Native to
  
Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

Native speakers
  
(300,000 cited 1991–2006)

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Katuic West Brou–So Bru

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: bru – Eastern Bru brv – Western Bru sss – Sô xhv – Khua

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

Contents

Sô and Khua are dialects.

Names

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

  • So ~ Sô
  • 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.

    Dialects

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

  • Bru Khok Sa-at of Phang Khon District and Phanna Nikhom District, Sakon Nakhon Province
  • Bru Woen Buek of Woen Buek (Wyn Buek), Ubon Ratchathani Province (more similar to Katang)
  • Bru Dong Luang of Dong Luang District, Mukdahan Province

    • References

    Bru language Wikipedia
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