Kaleun people

Kaleun
กะเลิง
Total population
	15,700
Regions with significant populations
	Laos, Thailand
Languages
	Lao, Thai
Religion
	Theravada Buddhism

The Kaleun people (also called Laoeng) are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos.

Other names edit

Prefixes edit

Tai Kaleun
Lao Kaleun

Variations edit

Kaleung
Kalung
Kalerng
Kelung
Khalong

Ethnicity edit

The Kaleun are a Tai ethnic group. However, they may have been descended from Bru people who shifted to a Southwestern Tai language resembling Phuthai and Yoy, as the Vietnamese also refer to the Bru as Ka Leung.^[1] Chamberlain (2016) conjectures that the Kaleun may have originally been Vietic speakers.^[2]

Geographic distribution edit

Religions edit

Theravada Buddhism^{[citation needed]}

Language edit

The Kaleun typically speak Northeastern Thai as their primary language.

References edit

^ World Bank. 2004. Nakai plateau - EMDP and RAP. s.l. ; s.n.. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/603081468046179395/Nakai-plateau-EMDP-and-RAP
^ "(DOC) Vietic Speakers and their Remnants in Khamkeut District (Old Khammouane) | James R Chamberlain - Academia.edu".

[1] World Bank. 2004. Nakai plateau - EMDP and RAP. s.l. ; s.n.. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/603081468046179395/Nakai-plateau-EMDP-and-RAP

[Chamberlain_Vietic-2] "(DOC) Vietic Speakers and their Remnants in Khamkeut District (Old Khammouane) | James R Chamberlain - Academia.edu".

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