Laven is a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos. Laven is the exonym given by the Laotian government, while the autonym of many of those speakers is Jru' [ɟruʔ]. Varieties are:
| Laven | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Laos |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:lbo – Jru’ (Laven) (Yrou)sqq – Sou (Su’) |
| Glottolog | love1237 |
Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).
Further reading
edit- 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
edit- ^ Jru’ (Laven) (Yrou) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sou (Su’) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 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.