Kaloeng language

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Kaloeng
Native to Thailand, Laos
Kra–Dai
Thai alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Kaloeng (Kalerng, Kaleung) is a Southwestern Tai language of Thailand and Laos.

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Distribution

In Thailand, Kaloeng is spoken in Sakon Nakhon Province, Nakhon Phanom Province, and Mukdahan Province (Trongdee 2016). In Laos, it is spoken in Khammouan Province.

External classification

Mudjalin Luksanawong [1] classifies the Kaloeng language as part of the Sakon Nakhon subbranch of the Southwestern Tai.

In the Sakon Nakhon languages, Proto-Tai *hw- and *w- (Pittayaporn 2009:134-135) became /ph/- (Trongdee 2016:55). Also, the Sakon Nakhon languages display the uncommon labiovelar initial clusters thw-, cw-, sw-, hw-, ŋw-, lw-, ʔw- (Trongdee 2016:56).

Internal classification

Thananan Trongdee [2] classifies the Kaloeng dialects as follows according to the evolution of the Proto-Kaloeng diphthong *-aɯ.

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References

  1. Lawalee, Banjong; Yodmalee, Boonsom; Champadaeng, Sitthisak (2014-09-24). "Boon Phawet: A Comparative Study of a Phu Tai, Tai-Lao and Kaleung Religious Ceremony in North-eastern Thailand". Asian Culture and History. 7 (1). doi: 10.5539/ach.v7n1p24 . ISSN   1916-9663.
  2. Trongdee, Thananan (2014). "The Lao-Speaking Nyo in Banteay Meanchey Province of Cambodia". Manusya. 17 (3): 69–85. doi: 10.1163/26659077-01703005 . ISSN   0859-9920.