Taliang (Tariang, Talieng, Trieng) is a
Bahnaric language spoken by the
Jeh-Tariang people
The Jeh-Tariang people, also written as Gie Trieng people ( vi, người Giẻ Triêng) are an ethnic group in Vietnam. Most Jeh-Tariang live in the province of Kon Tum, in Vietnam's Central Highlands region, and in 2019 the population was 63,322 ...
of
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
and
Vietnam
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. It is possibly related to the
Stieng language
Stieng (, Vietnamese: Xtiêng, Khmer: ) is the language of the Stieng people of southern Vietnam and adjacent areas of Cambodia, and possibly Laos (under the name Tariang). Along with Chrau and Mnong, Stieng is classified as a language of the ...
of Vietnam and Cambodia.
There are various languages that have gone by the name ''Taliang/Trieng'', which means 'headhunters'; SEALang classifies two of these as dialects of the same language as Kasseng.
SEALang SALA: Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives
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Further reading
The Institute for Cultural Research. Ministry of Information and Culture. 2003. The Life and House of the Tariang People. Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation Asia Center.
References
External links
* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
* http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-903A-0@view Talieng in RWAAI Digital Archive
Bahnaric languages
Languages of Vietnam
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