Kru’ng 2

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Brao Krung, Kreung

Population

20,700 (2009 UNSD).

Location

Ratanak Kiri province: Laos border area, mainly between Sesan and Sprepok rivers; Stung Treng province: southeast corner.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Brao Tanap, Lun. Brao [brb] and Kavet [krv] are reportedly inherently intelligible with Kru’ng 2.

Language Use

Also use Central Khmer [khm], Lao [lao].

Language Development

Bible portions: 2012.

Language Resources

Writing

Khmer script [Khmr].

Other Comments

Different from Krung 1 dialect of Rade [rad] in Viet Nam.