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Sapuan language

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Sapuan
Səpuar
Native toLaos
Native speakers
480 (1999)
to 1,000 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3spu
Glottologsapu1248

Sapuan (autonym: səpuar) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken in the single village of Ban Sapuan, located approximately 40 km north of Attapeu. Jacq and Sidwell (1999) provide a short grammar. Sidwell (2003) reports a population of just under 1,000. Chazée (1999:93) gives a lower estimate of 480.

References

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  1. ^ Chazée 1999, Sidwell 2003
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