Pear language

{{Short description|Austroasiatic language of Cambodia}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Pear

| nativename = Por

| pronunciation = {{IPA|[peər]}}

| states = Cambodia

| region = Preah Vihea (formerly part of Kampong Thom)

| speakers = 1,670

| date = 2011

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Austro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Pearic

| iso3 = pcb

| script =

| glotto = pear1247

| glottorefname = Pear

| map = Pear language.jpg

}}

Pear is an endangered Austroasiatic language of Cambodia. "Pear" (French Péâr) is a pejorative term for the historical slave caste of the Khmer, but nonetheless is the usual term in the literature. Pear is spoken in 3–4 villages of Rovieng District, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia according to Ethnologue.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap/language-id-2227.html|title=Pear|website=UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger|language=en|access-date=2018-01-26}}

Sidwell (2009), citing Baradat (ms), considers Pear of Kompong Thom to be the most divergent Pearic language.Sidwell, Paul (2009). [https://www.academia.edu/1540105/Classifying_the_Austroasiatic_languages_history_and_state_of_the_art "Classifying the Austroasiatic languages: history and state of the art"]. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 76. Munich: Lincom Europa.