Thavung language

Thavưng or Aheu is a language spoken by the Phon Sung people in Laos and Thailand. There are thought to be some 1,770 speakers in Laos, largely concentrated in Khamkeut District. A further 750 speakers live in 3 villages of Song Dao District, Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand, namely Ban Nong Waeng (in Pathum Wapi Subdistrict), Ban Nong Charoen, and Ban Nong Muang.^[2]

Pronunciation/pʰasa¹ so³ tʰawɨŋ¹/

NativetoLaos, Thailand

Native speakers

700 (2007)^[1]

Language family

Austroasiatic

• Vietic
  • Thavưng

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Thavưng
Phon Soung, Aheu
พาซา โซ่ (ทะวืง)
Pronunciation	/pʰasa¹ so³ tʰawɨŋ¹/
Native to	Laos, Thailand
Native speakers	700 (2007)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Vietic Thavưng
Writing system	Thai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	thm
Glottolog	aheu1239
ELP	Thavung
Aheu is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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Thavung makes a four-way distinction between clear and breathy phonation combined with glottalized final consonants. This is very similar to the situation in the Pearic languages in which, however, the glottalization is in the vowel.^[3]