Tariang language

Taliang (Tariang, Talieng, Trieng) is a Bahnaric language spoken by the Jeh-Tariang people of Laos and Vietnam. It is possibly related to the Stieng language of Vietnam and Cambodia.[2]

Taliang
Trieng
Kasseng
Native toLaos
EthnicityGie-Trieng
Native speakers
45,000 (2005)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
tdf  Talieng
stg  Trieng
tgr  Tareng
Glottologtrie1243  Trieng

There are various languages that have gone by the name Taliang/Trieng, which means 'headhunters'; SEALang classifies two of these as dialects of the same language as Kasseng.[3]

Further reading

The Institute for Cultural Research. Ministry of Information and Culture. 2003. The Life and House of the Tariang People. Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation Asia Center.

References

  1. Talieng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Trieng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Tareng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. SEALang SALA: Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives


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