Somray language
Austroasiatic language of Cambodia
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Somray, or Northern Chong, is a Pearic language of Cambodia.
NativetoCambodia
RegionPursat Province
Native speakers
4,100 (2005)[1]Austroasiatic
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Pearic
- Chong languages
- Somray
- Chong languages
| Somray | |
|---|---|
| Northern Chong | |
| Native to | Cambodia |
| Region | Pursat Province |
Native speakers | 4,100 (2005)[1] |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Khmer script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | smu – inclusive codeIndividual code: sxm – Somre of Siem Reap |
| Glottolog | somr1240 |
| ELP | Somray |
 Somray is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Geographical distribution
Somray is spoken in the following areas of Cambodia.
- Battambang province: Phumi Chhak Rokar area (Baradat ms.)
- Koh Kong province: far north
- Pursat province: 2 areas, north, east, and west of Phum Tasanh, and Tanyong river around Phum Pra Moi
The extinct Somre of Siem Reap (Moura 1883) was a dialect of the same language.
Phonology
Consonants
- An initial [ɲ] mainly exists from Khmer word-borrowings.
- The voiced stops /b, d/ in word-initial position are heard as glottalized [ˀb, ˀd].
*- only in a few cases in final position.
Vowels
- Vowels may also occur as glottalized [Vˀ].
- Vowels /ɯ, ɯː/ can be heard as either back [ɯ, ɯː] or central [ɨ, ɨː].
- /a/ can also be heard as [ɤ, ə] when preceding /n, t/.[2]