Kaleun people

Kaleun
Total population
(15,700)
Regions with significant populations
Laos, Thailand
Languages
Lao, Thai
Religion
Theravada Buddhism

The Kaleun people (also called Laoeng) are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos.

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Ethnicity

The Kaleun are a Tai ethnic group. However, they may have been descended from Bru people who shifted to a Southwestern Tai language resembling Phuthai and Yoy, as the Vietnamese also refer to the Bru as Ka Leung.[1] Chamberlain (2016) conjectures that the Kaleun may have originally been Vietic speakers.[2]

Geographic distribution

Religions

Language

The Kaleun typically speak Northeastern Thai as their primary language.

References

  1. ↑ World Bank. 2004. Nakai plateau - EMDP and RAP. s.l. ; s.n.. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/603081468046179395/Nakai-plateau-EMDP-and-RAP
  2. ↑ https://www.academia.edu/13529664/Vietic_Speakers_and_their_Remnants_in_Khamkeut_District_Old_Khammouane_
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