Native to Vietnam ISO 639-3 cua | Native speakers 12,000 (2007) Glottolog cuaa1241 | |
Language family Austroasiatic
Bahnaric
East Bahnaric
Cua | ||
The Cua language (also known as Bòng Mieu) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken in the Quảng Ngãi and Quảng Nam provinces of Vietnam. Cua dialects include Kol (Kor, Cor, Co, Col, Dot, Yot) and Traw (Tràu, Dong). Maier & Burton (1981) is currently the most extensive Cua dictionary to date.
Classification
Paul Sidwell (2009) considers Cua to constitute an independent primary branch of Bahnaric, which he calls East Bahnaric. Cua has also had extensive contact with North Bahnaric languages. However, Sidwell (2002) had previously classified Cua as a Central Bahnaric language.
References
Cua language (Austroasiatic) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA