Endangered Languages Project - Maleng

Maleng

^{[aka Malieng, Malang, Kri]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Malieng, Malang, Kri, Krìì, Sô Salang, Hareme, Mã Liềng, Kha
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Vietic, Pong-Chut
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pkt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Malang Pakatan Kha Phong Hareme Maleng Malieng
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Closely related to Kri and the Vietic Phong.

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
<1,000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Pakatan is a village name for one of about ten villages of this group; an old French source also describes this group under the name Harème, derived from the Bru (Katuic) term for all the small Western VM groups; not the same as Arem.

PLACES: Laos

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeastern Khammouan Province

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 800 speakers in Laos (Ferlus 1996).

PLACES: Vietnam; Laos

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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Information from: “LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)” . Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie (2012)