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Tariang language

Taliang is a Bahnaric language spoken by the Jeh-Tariang people of Laos and Vietnam. It is possibly related to the Stieng language of Vietnam and Cambodia.

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Taliang
Trieng
Kasseng
Native toLaos
EthnicityGie-Trieng
Native speakers
45,000 (2005)1
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
tdf – Talieng
stg – Trieng
tgr – Tareng
Glottologtrie1243  Trieng

Taliang (Tariang, Talieng, Trieng) is a Bahnaric language spoken by the Jeh-Tariang people of Laos and Vietnam. It is possibly related to the Stieng language of Vietnam and Cambodia.2

There are various languages that have gone by the name Taliang/Trieng, which means 'headhunters'; SEALang classifies two of these as dialects of the same language as Kasseng.3

Further reading

Further reading

The Institute for Cultural Research. Ministry of Information and Culture. 2003. The Life and House of the Tariang People. Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation Asia Center.

References

References

  1. Talieng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Trieng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tareng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. SEALang SALA: Southeast Asian Linguistics Archives
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