Nyah Kur | |
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ญัฮกุร | |
Native to | Thailand |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2006)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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Early form | |
Dialects |
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Thai script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cbn |
Glottolog | nyah1250 |
ELP | Nyahkur |
The Nyah Kur language, also called Chao-bon (Thai: ชาวบน), is an Austroasiatic language spoken by remnants of the Mon people of Dvaravati, the Nyah Kur people, who live in present-day Thailand. Nyah Kur shares 69% lexical similarity with Mon, the only other language in the Monic language family.[2]