Laven is a
Mon–Khmer dialect cluster
A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...
of southern
Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...
. Laven is the exonym given by the Laotian government, while the autonym of many of those speakers is Jru' . Varieties are:
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Jru' (also spelled ''Jruq)''
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Juk
Juk or JUK may refer to:
* JuK, software
* Juk (food), Korean rice porridge
* Juk language, a Mon–Khmer language spoken in Laos
* Ukkusissat Heliport (IATA: JUK), in Greenland
* Wapan language (ISO 639-3: juk), a Jukunoid language of Nigeria
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Su' (also spelled ''Suq)''
Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).
Further reading
*Sidwell, Paul. 2019.
Reconstructing language contact and social change on Boloven Plateau, Laos'. Presented at ALMSEA (The Anthropology of Language in Mainland Southeast Asia), University of Sydney, Aug. 19-20.
Slides.
References
*Sidwell, Paul (2003).
A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric'. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
Bahnaric languages
Languages of Laos
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