Todrah is an
Austroasiatic language of
Vietnam
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. The two dialects, Sodrah and Xodrah, are quite distinct. Speakers are officially classified by the Vietnamese government as
Sedang people.
Todrah contrasts
clear,
breathy and
laryngeal vowels.
Distribution
Todrah (Sơ-Drá, Xơtrá, SơRá) is spoken in
Đắk Glei District,
Kon Tum town, and
Kon Plông District of
Kon Tum Province (Le et al. 2014:175)
[Lê Bá Thảo, Hoàng Ma, et al.; Viện hàn lâm khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - Viện dân tộc học. 2014. ''Các dân tộc ít người ở Việt Nam: các tỉnh phía nam''. Ha Noi: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội. ]
According to ''
Ethnologue
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'', it is spoken northeast of
Kon Tum city, from Kon Hring to Kon Braih.
References
Languages of Vietnam
Bahnaric languages
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