ISO 639-3 · kjgkjg
Austroasiatic family
Khmu
Khmu is a language of the Khmuic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Wikidata counts about 480,000 speakers (1985).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kjg- Glottocode
khmu1255- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 18 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khmu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Khmu language |
| All speakers | 480,000 (1985) |
| Written in | Lao |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Khmu
The branches above Khmu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in China
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