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Sapuan language

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Native to
  
Laos

Glottolog
  
sapu1248

ISO 639-3
  
spu

Native speakers
  
480 (1999) to 1,000 (2003)

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Bahnaric West Oi–The Sapuan

Sapuan (autonym: səpuar) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken in the single village of Ban Sapuan, located approximately 40 km north of Attapeu. Jacq and Sidwell (1999) provide a short grammar. Sidwell (2003) reports a population of just under 1,000. Chazée (1999:93) gives a lower estimate of 480.

References

Sapuan language Wikipedia