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

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

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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)