Thavung language

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Thavưng
Aheu
Spoken in Laos, Thailand
Native speakers 2,520  (1996–2000)
Language family
Dialects
Ahoe
Ahao
Ahlao
Language codes
ISO 639-3 thm

Thavưng, or Aheu, is a language spoken by the Phon Sung people in Laos and Thailand. There are thought to be some 1,770 speakers in Laos, largely concentrated in Khamkeut District. A further 750 speakers live in Thailand.

Thavung makes a four-way distinction between clear and breathy phonation combined with glottalized final consonants. This is very similar to the situation in the Pearic languages in which, however, the glottalization is in the vowel.[1]


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