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Chut

A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639-3: scb

Population	3,830 in Viet Nam (1999 census). Population total all countries: 4,280.
Region	Quang Binh Province, Thuong Hoa, Hoa Son, Dan Hoa communes, near the Laos border at the same latitude as Mu Gia Pass. Also in Laos.
Language map	Southern Viet Nam, reference number 13
Alternate names	May, Ruc, Sach, Salang
Dialects	Sach, May, Ruc ( Kha Mu Gia, Tac Cui).
Classification	Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Viet-Muong, Chut
Writing system	Unwritten.
Comments	Part of Chút official ethnic community, together with Arem, Mày, Sách, and Ruc. Upland rice cultivation (Sach, Salang), seminomads (Ruc, May). Traditional religion.

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Laos

Language name	Chut
Population	450 in Laos (1995 census).
Region	Khammouan Province, Bouarapha District, near Viet Nam border.
Language map	Laos, reference number 8
Alternate names	May, Ruc, Sach, Salang
Dialects	May, Ruc.
Comments	Seminomadic. 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."  

SOLNTSEV, M. Vadim, author. 1996. "Some remarks on the Ruc language."