Sapuan language

Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos
Sapuan
Səpuar
Native toLaos
Native speakers
480 (1999)
to 1,000 (2003)[1]
Language family
Austroasiatic
  • Bahnaric
    • West
      • Oi–The
        • Sapuan
Language codes
ISO 639-3spu
Glottologsapu1248

Sapuan (autonym: səpuar) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken in the single village of Ban Sapuan, located approximately 40 km north of Attapeu. Jacq and Sidwell (1999) provide a short grammar. Sidwell (2003) reports a population of just under 1,000. Chazée (1999:93) gives a lower estimate of 480.

References

  1. ^ Chazée 1999, Sidwell 2003

External links

  • 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
  • Jacq, Pascale and Paul Sidwell (1999). "Sapuan (Səpuar)." Lincom Europa. München.
  • http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
  • http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9041-C@view Sapuar in RWAAI Digital Archive
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