Phuan language
Phuan is a Tai language spoken in Laos, Thailand and Cambodia.[2][3]
| Phuan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Laos, Thailand |
| Ethnicity | Phuan people |
Native speakers | 300,000 (2000–2006)[1] |
Kra–Dai
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | phu |
| Glottolog | phua1239 |
Distribution
In Thailand, Phuan is spoken in Chachoengsao, Chaiyaphum, Lopburi, Nakhon Nayok, Phetchabun, Phichit, Prachinburi, and Saraburi provinces; it is also spoken in an isolated area of Bueng Kan Province, and in one village south of Bangkok (Ethnologue).
There are approximately 5,000 Phuan in Mongkol Borei District of Banteay Meanchey Province in Cambodia,[4] as well in Battambang Province.
References
- Phuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "Phuan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- Schliesinger, Joachim (8 October 2011). Ethnic Groups of Cambodia, Volume 3: Profile of the Austro-Thai-and Sinitic-Speaking Peoples. White Lotus Co Ltd. ISBN 978-9744801791. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- Schliesinger, Joachim (8 October 2011). Ethnic Groups of Cambodia, Volume 3: Profile of the Austro-Thai-and Sinitic-Speaking Peoples. White Lotus Co Ltd. p. 10. ISBN 978-9744801791. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
Further reading
- Burusphat, S., Sujaritlak Deepadung, S., Suraratdecha, N. A., Patpong, P., & Setapong, P. "Language Vitality and the Ethnic Tourism Development of the Lao Ethnic Groups in the Western Region of Thailand."
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