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Mlabri

A language of Thailand

ISO 639-3: mra

Population	300 in Thailand (1982 E. Long). Population total all countries: 324.
Region	Phayao, Nan, Phrae, Utaradit, Phitsanuloke, Loey, perhaps other provinces. Laos border area. Also in Laos.
Language map	Northern Thailand, reference number 23
Alternate names	Luang, Ma Ku, Mabri, Mla, Mla Bri, Mrabri, Phi Thong, Yellow Leaf, Yumbri
Classification	Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Khmuic, Mlabri
Language use	Speak or understand some Hmong [mww] and Northern Thai [nod].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 0%–1%.
Writing system	Thai script.
Comments	Mlabri are different from the Kha Tong Luang (Phi Tong Luang, Yellow Leaf) in Laos, who are Western Viet-Muong (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Sometimes employed by the Hmong. Some nomadic. Agriculturalists: rice, maize; hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Laos

Language name	Mlabri
Population	24 in Laos (1985 F. Proschan).
Region	Xaignabouli Province, Phiang District, near Thailand border.
Language map	Laos, reference number 38
Alternate names	Ma Ku, Mabri, Mla, Mla-Bri, Mrabri, Yellow Leaf, Yumbri
Comments	Nomadic. Different from Kha Tong Luang (Phi Tong Luang, Yellow Leaf), which are Western Viet-Muong (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALVES, Mark J., author. 2001. "Distributional properties of causative verbs in some Mon-Khmer languages."  

RISCHEL, Jørgen, author. 2006. "The "definite article" in Mlabri."