Brao language

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Brao
Native toCambodia, Laos
Native speakers
59,000 (2005–2008)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
brb – Brao (was Lave)
krr – Krung
krv – Kavet
Glottologlave1249
ELP

Brao is a Mon–Khmer language of Cambodia and Laos.

Phonology[]

Consonants[2]
Labial Coronal Palatal Velar Dorsal
Nasals ʰm m ʰn n ɲ ʰŋ ŋ  
Obstruents pʰ p b ʔb tʰ t d ʔd ç c ɟ ʔɟ kʰ k ɡ ʔɡ ħ ʔ
Trill   r      
Approximant   l j w  

Varieties[]

According to Ethnologue, there are four distinct but mutually intelligible varieties, sometimes considered separate languages: Lave (Brao proper), Kru’ng (Kreung), and Kavet (Kravet), the latter spoken by only a couple thousand.

Districts of Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia

Sidwell (2003) also lists four communities of speakers, three of which are in Cambodia.

  • Laveh (Lave, Rawe): spoken in Attapeu Province, Laos south of the capital city of Attapeu. Laveh is the official designation given by the Laotian government.
  • Krung (Krüng, "Krung 2"): spoken around Ban Lung in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia
  • Kavet (Kravet): spoken in Voeun Sai District, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia
  • Brao (Brou, Palaw, Preou): spoken in and around the town of Taveng in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia

Lun, spoken in Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, is related to Lave and Kavet (Philip Lambrecht 2012).[3]

Demographics[]

Sidwell (2003) suggests the possibility of a total of 50,000 speakers, while Bradley (1994:161) gives an estimate of 35,000. All estimates below are drawn from Sidwell (2003:30).

  • Laos: The 1995 Laotian census places the Laveh population at 17,544.
  • Cambodia: The Asian Development Bank gave an estimate of 29,500 speakers as of the early 2000s.
  • Vietnam: About 300 Brau live in Đắc Mế village, Bờ Y commune, Ngọc Hồi district, Kon Tum province (Đặng, et al. 2010:112).[4] Parkin (1991:81) also estimates several hundred Brao in Vietnam.
  • Thailand: Parkin (1991:81) estimates a Brao population of 2,500 in Thailand.

References[]

  1. ^ Brao (was Lave) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Krung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kavet at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Keller, Charles E. (April 1999). "Brao-Krung Phonology" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2015-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, Chu Thái Sơn, Lưu Hùng. 2010. Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers.
  • 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.

Further reading[]

  • Keller, C. E. (1976). A grammatical sketch of Brao, a Mon–Khmer language. Grand Forks, N.D.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session. OCLC: 2915938


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