The Chứt (Chut, Cheut) or Rục-Sách languages are a
Vietic
The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by the Vietic peoples in Laos and Vietnam. The branch was once referred to by the terms ''Việt–Mường'', ''Annamese–Muong'', and ''Vietnamuong''; the term '' ...
language cluster spoken by the
Chứt people
The Chut (Vietnamese: ''Người Chứt'', Rục language: ''Cheut'' /rocky mountain) are a small ethnic group located in the Minh Hóa and Tuyên Hóa districts of Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam's North Central Coast.
''Chut'' is not a d ...
s of Vietnam and
Khammouane Province, Laos.
Classification
The following three Chứt subgroups have been tentatively identified in Babaev & Samarina (2021).
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Mày,
Rục,
Sách
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Arem
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Kri,
Maleng
Maleng, also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.
Maleng has the four-way register
Register or registration may refer to:
Arts entertainment, and media Music
* Register (music), the relative "height" or rang ...
(Malieng); Kri and Maleng are listed as Western Vietic, rather than as part of the Chut phylogenetic group, by Alves & Sidwell (2021)
Except for the semi-nomadic and sedentary agriculturalist Sach and the swidden agriculturalist Kri, the May, Ruc, Arem, and Maleng were all hunter-gatherers until the late 20th century.
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Distribution
Chứt languages are spoken in the following villages in Vietnam.[Babaev, Kirill Vladimirovich абаев, Кирилл Владимирович Samarina, Irina Vladimirovna амарина, Ирина Владимировна 2019. Язык май. Материалы Российско-вьетнамской лингвистической экспедиции / ''Jazyk maj. Materialy Rossijsko-vetnamskoj lingvisticheskoj ekspeditsii''. Moscow]
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;Sách
*Lâm Hóa
*Hóa Tiến
*Lâm Sum
*Hóa Hợp
*Hóa Lương
*Thượng Hóa
;Mày
*Ca Oóc
*Bai Dinh
*Cha Lo
;Rục
*Yên Hợp
*Phú Minh
References
*Ta Long (1975). "About the human community relationship between the three groups of 'Machines', Ruc, Books". In Vietnam Social Science Commission: Institute of Ethnology. On the issue of identifying the minority population in northern Vietnam, p. 518-530. Hanoi: Social Sciences Publishing House.
External links
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