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