Pear language
| Pear | |
|---|---|
| Por | |
| Pronunciation | [peə] |
| Native to | Cambodia |
| Region | Preah Vihear (formerly part of Kampong Thom) |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2002)[1] |
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Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
pcb |
| Glottolog |
pear1247[2] |
Pear is an endangered Mon-Khmer language of Cambodia. "Pear" is a pejorative term for the historical slave caste of the Khmer, but nonetheless is the usual term in the literature. Pear is spoken in 3–4 villages of Rovieng District, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Ethnologue).
References
- ↑ Pear at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Pear". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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