Sa’och

E775508

Sa’och is an indigenous Pearic language (and its associated ethnic group) of mainland Southeast Asia, traditionally spoken by a small community in Cambodia and nearby regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sa’och canonical 2
Saoch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Pearic language
indigenous language
language
associatedEthnicGroup Sa’och people
linked to: Suoy people
branchOfAustroasiatic Pearic
classificationStatus well-established as Pearic
continent Asia
country Cambodia
culturalAssociation traditional Sa’och customs and oral traditions
dominantContactLanguage Khmer
endangermentCause language shift to Khmer
ethnicityOfSpeakers Sa’och people
linked to: Suoy people
ISO639Status uncertain or not widely standardized
languageFamily Austroasiatic
languageStatus endangered
severely endangered
macroarea Eurasia
minorityStatus spoken by an ethnic minority in Cambodia
numberOfSpeakers small community
partOfLanguageFamily Austroasiatic language family
linked to: Austroasiatic
region Cardamom Mountains area
linked to: Cardamom Mountains

southwestern Cambodia
relatedTo Chong language
linked to: Chung language

Pear language
Samre language
researchInterest historical-comparative studies of Pearic
researchStatus poorly documented
sociolinguisticSituation limited intergenerational transmission
spoken mainly by older generations
spokenIn Cambodia
subfamilyOf Pearic branch
traditionalRegion mainland Southeast Asia
typologicalFeature monosyllabic tendency
register or voice-quality contrasts (as in other Pearic languages)
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pearic hasMember Sa’och
Sa’och language hasAlternativeName Saoch
linked to: Sa’och