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Sô

A language of Laos

ISO 639-3: sss

Population	102,000 in Laos (1993). Population total all countries: 172,000.
Region	Khammouan, Thakhek, Savannakhet provinces, both sides of Mekong River. Also in Thailand.
Language map	Laos, reference number 57
Alternate names	Bru, Kah So, Makong, Mang Cong, Mang-Koong, Mangkong, Mankoong, So Makon, Thro
Dialects	So Trong, So Slouy, So Phong. Similar to Bru [bru].
Classification	Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Katuic, West Katuic, Brou-So
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1980.
Writing system	Thai script.
Comments	Called ‘Mangkong’ and ‘Bru’ in Laos. ‘So’ not used in Laos. Traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Thailand

Language name	Sô
Population	70,000 in Thailand (2006 Mahidol).
Region	Northeast, both sides of Mekong River, Nakorn Panom, Sakorn Nakorn, Nong Kai, Kalasin. 53 villages.
Language map	Northern Thailand, reference number 50
Alternate names	Kha So, Thro
Dialects	So Trong, So Slouy, So Phong, So Makon.
Language use	Home. All ages. Also use Lao [lao] or Thai [tha].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Comments	They came from Laos, and the same dialect is spoken there. Agriculturalists: wet rice. Buddhist, traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AMON Thavisak, author. 2001. "The effects of glottal finals on pitch in Southeast Asian languages."  

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 1992. "Lexicostatistic analysis of some Katuic languages."

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 1998. A grammar of So - A Mon-Khmer language of northeast Thailand.

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2000. So discourse connectives.

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2001. So procedural texts.

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2002. "The So people."  

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2002. Multilingualism among the So people of Issan.

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2003. "So stories: a preliminary analysis of texts in a Mon-Khmer language."  

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2003. Some expressives in So.

MIGLIAZZA, Brian, author. 2005. "Some expressives in So."  

MILLER, Carolyn P., author. 1996. "Application of typologies for language maintenance and loss to Southeast Asian linguistic minorities: the case of the Bru-So and Kadazan-Dusun language continua."

SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1996. "Phonological characteristics of So (Thavung), a Vietic language of Thailand."  

SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1998. "So (Thavung)-English-Thai glossary part I."  

SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1999. "So (Thavung)-English-Thai glossary part II."  

TU-SIL-LRDP Committee, editor. 2002. Minority language orthography in Thailand: five case studies: in honor of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the auspicious occasion of his Sixth Cycle Birthday.