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'''Bruu''' (also spelled '''Bru''', '''B'ru''', '''Baru''', '''Brou''') is a [[Mon–Khmer]] [[dialect continuum]] spoken by the [[Bru people]] of mainland [[Southeast Asia]]. '''[[Sô language|Sô]]''' and '''[[Khua language|Khua]]''' are dialects.<ref>[http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm]</ref>
'''Bruu''' (also spelled '''Bru''', '''B'ru''', '''Baru''', '''Brou''') is a [[Mon–Khmer]] [[dialect continuum]] spoken by the [[Bru people]] of mainland [[Southeast Asia]]. '''[[Sô language|Sô]]''' and '''[[Khua language|Khua]]''' are dialects.<ref>[http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm]</ref>

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==Distribution==
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The distribution of the Bru language spreads north and northeast from [[Salavan Province|Salavan]], [[Laos]], through [[Savannakhet]], [[Khammouane]], and [[Bolikhamsai]], and over into neighboring [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]] (Sidwell 2005:11).

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Thailand has the following Western Bru dialects (Choo, et. al 2012).
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*'''Bru Khok Sa-at'''<ref>http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Jennifer_Engelkemier_Thesis.pdf</ref> of [[Phang Khon District]] and [[Phanna Nikhom District]], [[Sakon Nakhon Province]]
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*'''Bru Woen Buek''' of Woen Buek (Wyn Buek), [[Ubon Ratchathani Province]]
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*'''Bru Dong Luang''' of [[Dong Luang District]], [[Mukdahan Province]]


==Names==
==Names==
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*[[Khua language|Khua]]
*[[Khua language|Khua]]
*Katang (not the same as [[Kataang language|Kataang]])
*Katang (not the same as [[Kataang language|Kataang]])

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==Distribution==
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The distribution of the Bru language spreads north and northeast from [[Salavan Province|Salavan]], [[Laos]], through [[Savannakhet]], [[Khammouane]], and [[Bolikhamsai]], and over into neighboring [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]] (Sidwell 2005:11).

==Dialects==
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Thailand has the following Western Bru dialects (Choo, et. al 2012).
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*'''Bru Khok Sa-at'''<ref>http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Jennifer_Engelkemier_Thesis.pdf</ref> of [[Phang Khon District]] and [[Phanna Nikhom District]], [[Sakon Nakhon Province]]
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*'''Bru Woen Buek''' of Woen Buek (Wyn Buek), [[Ubon Ratchathani Province]]
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*'''Bru Dong Luang''' of [[Dong Luang District]], [[Mukdahan Province]]


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 14:37, 13 November 2015

Bru
Bruu
Native toLaos, Vietnam, Thailand
EthnicityBru, Katang
Native speakers
(300,000 cited 1991–2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
bru – Eastern Bru
brv – Western Bru
sss – Sô
xhv – Khua
Glottologbrou1236

Bruu (also spelled Bru, B'ru, Baru, Brou) is a Mon–Khmer dialect continuum spoken by the Bru people of mainland Southeast Asia. Sô and Khua are dialects.[2]

Names

There are various local and dialect designations for Bru (Sidwell 2005:11).

  • So ~ Sô
  • Tri (So Tri, Chali)
  • Van Kieu
  • Leu ~ Leung (Kaleu)
  • Galler
  • Khua
  • Katang (not the same as Kataang)

Distribution

The distribution of the Bru language spreads north and northeast from Salavan, Laos, through Savannakhet, Khammouane, and Bolikhamsai, and over into neighboring Thailand and Vietnam (Sidwell 2005:11).

Dialects

Thailand has the following Western Bru dialects (Choo, et. al 2012).

References

  1. ^ Eastern Bru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Western Bru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Sô at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Khua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ http://ic.payap.ac.th/graduate/linguistics/theses/Jennifer_Engelkemier_Thesis.pdf


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