Ruc language

Ruc
Rục
Native toVietnam
EthnicityRuc
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologrucc1239
ELPRuc

Rục is a Vietic language spoken by the Ruc people of Tuyên Hóa district, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam. Rục literally means 'underground spring', and is a critically endangered language spoken by a small ethnic group that practiced a hunter-gatherer lifestyle until the late 20th century.[1]

  1. ^ Babaev, Kirill; Samarina, Irina (2021). Sidwell, Paul (ed.). A Grammar of May: An Austroasiatic Language of Vietnam. Brill. p. 13. ISBN 978-9-00446-108-6.