Sa'och language

Sa'och
Chung
PronunciationIPA [t͡ɕʰṳˀŋ]
Native toCambodia, Thailand
RegionSihanoukville, Kanchanaburi
Ethnicity450 (2009)
Native speakers
20 in Cambodia (2008)[1]
10 in Thailand
Austroasiatic
  • Pearic
    • Chong languages
      • Southern
        • Sa'och
Dialects
  • Chung Yul (Cambodia)
  • Chung Yuy (Thailand)
Language codes
ISO 639-3scq
Glottologsaoc1239
ELPChu-ng

Sa'och (Khmer pronunciation: [sa ʔoc], also, "Sauch") is an endangered, nearly extinct Pearic language of Cambodia and Thailand spoken only occasionally by a decreasing number of older adults. There are two dialects, one spoken in Veal Renh Village, Prey Nob District, Sihanoukville Province (formerly known as Kampong Som Province), Cambodia and the other in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. "Sa'och" is the Khmer exonym for the people and the language. The Sa'och, however, consider this label, which means "scarlet fever" or "pimply" in Khmer,[2] pejorative and use the autonym "Chung" (Sa'och: [t͡ɕʰṳˀŋ]) to refer to themselves and their language.[3]

  1. ^ "Pear language: UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  2. ^ Ferlus (2011), pg 39
  3. ^ Isara (2009), pg 69

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