Kaleun_people

Kaleun people

Kaleun people

Ethnic group in Thailand and Laos.

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

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Other names

Prefixes

  • Tai Kaleun
  • Lao Kaleun

Variations

  • Kaleung
  • Kalung
  • Kalerng
  • Kelung
  • Khalong

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. [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. [2]
    "(DOC) Vietic Speakers and their Remnants in Khamkeut District (Old Khammouane) | James R Chamberlain - Academia.edu".
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