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Eastern Bru language

Bru
Bruu
Native to Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
Ethnicity Bru, Katang
Native speakers
(300,000 cited 1991–2006)
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
bru – Eastern Bru
brv – Western Bru
sss – Sô
xhv – Khua
Glottolog brou1236

Bruu (also spelled Bru, B'ru, Baru, Brou) is a Mon–Khmer dialect continuum spoken by the Bru people of mainland Southeast Asia.

Sô and Khua are dialects.

There are various local and dialect designations for Bru (Sidwell 2005:11).

The distribution of the Bru language spreads north and northeast from Salavan, Laos, through Savannakhet, Khammouane, and Bolikhamsai, and over into neighboring Thailand and Vietnam (Sidwell 2005:11). In Vietnam, Brâu (Braò) is spoken in Đắk Mế, Bờ Y commune, Đắk Tô District, Kon Tum Province.

Thailand has the following Western Bru dialects (Choo, et al. 2012).


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