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Pear language

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Pronunciation
  
[peə]

Native speakers
  
1,700 (2002)

Native to
  
Cambodia

ISO 639-3
  
pcb

Region
  
Preah Vihear (formerly part of Kampong Thom)

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Pearic Pear

Pear is an endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia. "Pear" is a pejorative term for the historical slave caste of the Khmer, but nonetheless is the usual term in the literature. Pear is spoken in 3–4 villages of Rovieng District, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Ethnologue).

References

Pear language Wikipedia