The Pray are an

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Name variation

The Pray are also commonly referred to as Pray 3 among social scientists, to disambiguate them from the related

Phai people The Phai are an ethnic group in Thailand and Laos. They are one of two sub-groups of the Lua people (the other one being the Mal). Name Variation The Phai are also commonly referred to as Prai, Phay, Thung Chan Pray, Kha Phay, and Pray. In Laos ...

, who are also sometimes referred to as Pray (Pray 1).Ethnologue report for Pray 3

Language

The Pray speak a language also called ''Pray'', which is a Khmuic language. The Khmuic languages are Austro-Asiatic. There is some debate as to whether the Khmuic languages are of the Mon-Khmer branch, but the majority opinion is that they are not.

Geographic distribution

*Population in Thailand: 38,808

References

Ethnic groups in Thailand Khmuic peoples {{Asia-ethno-group-stub