Chut people
Encyclopedia
The Chut are a small ethnic group located in the Minh Hóa
and Tuyên Hóa
districts of Quảng Bình Province
, in Vietnam's North Central Coast
. There are multiple sub-ethnic groups within the Chut designation including the Rục, Mày, Arem, Mã Liêng, and Sách. These groups all speak the Chut language
with dialects, except the Arem, which speaks the Arem language
. Both languages are included in Vietic
branch of Austro-Asiatic family
.
Minh Hoa
Minh Hóa is a district in Quang Binh province, in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. This district is composed one townlet and 15 communes : Xuân Hoá, Yên Hoá, Trung Hoá, Tân Hoá, Minh Hoá, Hồng Hoá, Hóa Tiến, Hóa Hợp, Hóa Sơn, Hóa Phúc, Hóa Thanh, Dân Hoá, Thượng Hoá, Trọng Hóa, Quy Hóa.As of...
and Tuyên Hóa
Tuyen Hoa
Tuyên Hóa is a district of Quang Binh Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. Its seat is the town of Đồng Lê. Speakers of the Nguồn language are mostly located near Đồng Lê. As of 2003 the district had a population of . The district covers an area of 1,149 km²...
districts of Quảng Bình Province
Quang Binh Province
Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Le Trung Hung of the Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam....
, in Vietnam's North Central Coast
Bac Trung Bo
Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế...
. There are multiple sub-ethnic groups within the Chut designation including the Rục, Mày, Arem, Mã Liêng, and Sách. These groups all speak the Chut language
Chut language
Chut or Ruc-Sach is a dialect cluster spoken by the Chut people of Vietnam, with a smaller population of some 450 speakers in neighbouring Laos . It may be most closely related to Arem....
with dialects, except the Arem, which speaks the Arem language
Arem language
Arem is an endangered language spoken in a small area on either side of the Laos-Vietnam border. In 1996 there were estimated to be about twenty speakers in each country. It is therefore on the verge of extinction. Its nearest relative may be the Chut language of Vietnam.Arem lacks the breathy...
. Both languages are included in Vietic
Vietic languages
The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family. The branch was once referred to by the terms Việt–Mường, Annam–Muong, and Vietnamuong, but today these are understood as referring to a sub-branch of Vietic containing only the Vietnamese and Mường languages.-Origins:Based on...
branch of Austro-Asiatic family
Austro-Asiatic languages
The Austro-Asiatic languages, in recent classifications synonymous with Mon–Khmer, are a large language family of Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. The name Austro-Asiatic comes from the Latin words for "south" and "Asia", hence "South Asia"...
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