Mlabri
[également appelé Mlabri (Minor), Mla, Mla Bri]Classification : Austro-Asiatic
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Classification : Austro-Asiatic
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Mlabri (Minor), Mla, Mla Bri, Mla-Bri, Mabri, Mrabri, Yumbri, Ma Ku, Yellow Leaf, Phi Thong Luang ("Spirits of yellow leaves"), มละบริ, เผ่าตองหลือง, ผีตองหลือง |
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Austro-Asiatic, Khmuic, Pray-Pram |
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ISO 639-3 |
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mra |
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En tant que csv |
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Recherche au sein de la communauté OLAC (Open Language Archives Community) |
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"Spirits of the yellow leaves" is derogatory. The dialectal varieties are not mutually intelligible. |
Informations incomplètes “Mlabri” (1003-1032) . Bätscher, Kevin (2015) , Sidwell, Paul and Mathias Jenny · Brill
400
migration from Laos to Thailand in the second half of the 20th century
The Mlabri marry other Mlbari and speak the language to their children. But their society is changing very rapidly (from hunting-gathering to farming) which might affect the survival of the Mlabri languages given their low population.
Nothern Thai; Standard Thai; White Hmong; Mien dialects
Educated people learn Standard Thai in school.
5 villages in Nan and Phrae provinces of Thailand; Sayabouli Province of Laos.
Most ethnic Mlabri live in northern Thailand, and some live in Laos.
Informations incomplètes “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
~150
A group of about 150 speakers, disrupted by conflict along the Thai/Lao border where they lived. Some have now settled down; and are assimilating into nearby Hmong/Meo and Thai/Lao groups. Only about 100 still speak the language, with two lexically-distinct dialects, one much more endangered than the other, and some extinct dialects.
Phi Tong Luang means ‘spirits of the yellow leaves’ in Thai and Lao, and refers to their hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Mrabri and Yumbri are other renderings of the group’s own name.
Laos: western Saignabouri Province; Thailand: northeastern Nan Province.
Informations incomplètes “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press