Jeh language

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Jeh
Gie
Native toVietnam, Laos
EthnicityGie-Trieng
Native speakers
27,000 (2002 & 2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jeh
Glottologjehh1245

Jeh (also spelled Die, Gie, Yaeh) is a language spoken by more than fifteen thousand people in Vietnam. There are also several thousand speakers in the Laotian provinces of Xekong and Attapu.

Sample Text

File:John 316 in Jeh.jpg
Jeh is a language of Laos, spoken by about 12,000 people.

Few written texts of the Jeh language exist online, but in 2023, the John 3:16 project sent researchers to Jeh and translated John 3:16 into the Jeh language.

ພະເຢໂອວາວ໊າໂລກມໍ໊ໄຢ ອັນໂດ໊ກອນອັນໂກ໊ເນົາ ອັນຫງາຕາມຢີ໊ມັງອັນ(ກອນຄຼໍ) ແດ໊ຈິ໊ດ ອັນເຢງຊີວິດອະມະຕະ(ແທນ) ໂຢ​ຮັນ 3:16


References

  1. ^ Jeh at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon