Sapuan language explained
| Sapuan |
| Nativename: | Səpuar |
| States: | Laos |
| Speakers: | 480 (1999)
to 1,000 |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Austro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Bahnaric |
| Fam3: | West |
| Fam4: | Oi–The |
| Iso3: | spu |
| Glotto: | sapu1248 |
| Glottorefname: | Sapuan |
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.
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
Notes and References
- Chazée 1999, Sidwell 2003
