Laven language

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Laven
Native to Laos
Native speakers
30,000 (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
lbo – Jru’ (Laven)
sqq – Sou (Su’)
Glottolog love1237[2]

Laven is a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos. Laven is the exonym given by the Laotian government, while the autonym of many of those speakers is Jru' [ɟruʔ]. Varieties are:

  • Jru' (also spelled Jruq)
  • Juk
  • Su' (also spelled Suq)

Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).

References

  1. Jru’ (Laven) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Sou (Su’) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  • Sidwell, Paul (2003). A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.


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