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ALSO KNOWN AS		Sauch, Saotch, Saoch, Sa'och, Sa-och, Tchiong, Angrak, Ansrak, Anskrak, Sa-ong, Khamen Phadong
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Pearic, Central Chong
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		scq
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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
20
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
43 speakers in Cambodia in the early 1880s, 17 speakers (three families) in the 1990s; also 150 in Thailand, including 20 speakers, about half fluent, with the youngest semispeakers now approaching 40.

TRANSMISSION

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Despite the very small speaker population, the language is still transmitted to children and used as an in-group language in Cambodia and is only potentially endangered, while in Thailand it is moribund.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Khmer
Thai

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Known as Chu’ung, Sa-ong or Khamen Padong (‘Padong Khmer’) in Thailand; the Khmer name Sa-och is a kind of skin disease in Khmer, and is greatly resented by the group. The speakers in Thailand were transported as war captives in 1833, but some escaped the Thais and remained behind or later returned. All speakers in Cambodia are bilingual in Khmer, and all in Thailand speak Thai.

PLACES: Cambodia and Thailand

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Cambodia: Kompong Som Province, near Veal Rinh; Thailand: Kanchanaburi Province, Srisawat District, Tha Thungna village.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
180
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from CAS (1996).

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Cambodia; Thailand

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	30	10-99							Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					14.4897,99.1661
	2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			David Bradley	Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	17	10-99	43 speakers in Cambodia in the early 1880s, 17 speakers (three families) in the 1990s; also 150 in Thailand, including 20 speakers, about half fluent, with the youngest semispeakers now approaching 40.	20	Khmer, Thai	Positive	Known as Chu’ung, Sa-ong or Khamen Padong (‘Padong Khmer’) in Thailand; the Khmer name Sa-och is a kind of skin disease in Khmer, and is greatly resented by the group. The speakers in Thailand were transported as war captives in 1833, but some escaped the Thais and remained behind or later returned. All speakers in Cambodia are bilingual in Khmer, and all in Thailand speak Thai.	All	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Despite the very small speaker population, the language is still transmitted to children and used as an in-group language in Cambodia and is only potentially endangered, while in Thailand it is moribund.	Cambodia and Thailand	Cambodia: Kompong Som Province, near Veal Rinh; Thailand: Kanchanaburi Province, Srisawat District, Tha Thungna village.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		500	100-999							Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	180	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from CAS (1996).						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The number of speakers is decreasing.	Cambodia; Thailand

Chu-ng

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

180

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

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Chu-ng

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

180

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

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