Laven language
{{Short description|Mon–Khmer dialect cluster spoken in Laos}}
{{distinguish|Lave language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Laven
|nativename=
|states=Laos
|speakers={{sigfig|30460|2}}
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|fam2= Bahnaric
|fam3=West
|fam4=
|lc1=lbo|ld1=Jru’ (Laven) (Yrou)
|lc2=sqq|ld2=Sou (Su’)
|glotto=love1237
|glottorefname=Loven–Suq
}}
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' {{IPA|lbo|ɟruʔ|}}. Varieties are:
Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).
Further reading
- Sidwell, Paul. 2019. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h1znDEUSZxKdAQ1lV27B3xu3OpuEvlgN/view 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. ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R7PHqSdwnNtRX5mMk5HhLW-AsBYnsLDq/view Slides]).
References
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- Sidwell, Paul (2003). [https://www.academia.edu/1540081/A_handbook_of_comparative_Bahnaric_Vol._1_West_Bahnaric A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric]. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
{{Languages of Laos}}
{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}
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