Pear is a moribund
Austroasiatic language
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are t ...
of
Cambodia
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. "Pear" (French ''Péâr'') is a pejorative term for the historical slave caste of the
Khmer, but nonetheless is the usual term in the literature. Pear is spoken in 3–4 villages of
Rovieng District
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,
Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia according to ''Ethnologue''.
(2009), citing Baradat (ms), considers Pear of
Kompong Thom to be the most divergent
Pearic language.
[Sidwell, Paul (2009)]
"Classifying the Austroasiatic languages: history and state of the art"
''LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics'', 76. Munich: Lincom Europa.
References
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Pearic languages
Endangered Austroasiatic languages