Laven is a
Mon–Khmer dialect cluster
A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ...
of southern
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
. Laven is the exonym given by the Laotian government, while the autonym of many of those speakers is Jru' . Varieties are:
*
Jru' (also spelled ''Jruq)''
*
Juk
Juk may refer to:
* JuK, software
* Juk (food), Korean rice porridge
* Juk language, a Mon–Khmer language spoken in Laos
* Ukkusissat Heliport, in Greenland
* Wapan language
Wapan (Jukun Wapan) or Kororofa, also known as Wukari after the lo ...
*
Su' (also spelled ''Suq)''
Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).
Further reading
*Sidwell, Paul. 2019.
Reconstructing language contact and social change on Boloven Plateau, Laos'. Presented at ALMSEA (The Anthropology of Language in Mainland Southeast Asia), University of Sydney, Aug. 19-20.
Slides.
References
*Sidwell, Paul (2003).
A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric'. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
Bahnaric languages
Languages of Laos
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