Nyahkur
A language of Thailand
| Population | 1,500 (2006 C. Shimmin), decreasing. No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 3000 (Theraphan 1984). |
| Region | Central, northeast side, foot of Petchabun Mountains: Pitsanulok, Petchabun, southwest Chaiyaphum (most), and Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat) provinces. |
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Northern Thailand, reference number 32 Northern Thailand, reference number 32 |
| Alternate names | Chao Dong, “Chaobon” , “Chaobun” , Chaodon, “Chaubun” , Lawa, Niakuol, Niakuoll, Nyakur |
| Dialects | Users in Chaiyaphum say they understand Petchabun variety only with difficulty, if at all. |
| Classification | Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Southern Monic |
| Language use | Few children can speak Nyah Kur. Nearly extinct in Petchabun and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces (2007 SIL). Home. Mainly older adults. Some have strong identity links to their own language, others prefer to identify themselves as Thai (2002 P. Suwilai, 2007 SIL). Also use Central Thai [tha]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Most men and the younger generation are literate in Thai. Literacy in Thai transfers easily to Nyah Kur. Dictionary. |
| Writing system | Thai script. |
| Comments | At least 91% lexical similarity among all dialects (Diffloth 1984). SVO. Buddhist; Animist; some Christians. |
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