| Kasong | |
|---|---|
| Chong of Trat | |
| Native to | Thailand |
| Region | Trat Province |
Native speakers | 50 (2008)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| none | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| ELP | Kasong |
Kasong, also previously known as "Chong of Trat", is an endangeredPearic language of theAustroasiatic family spoken inBo Rai District,[2]Trat Province of Thailand.[3] On the basis of lexical similarity determined with a relatively short word list, Kasong has been classified as a dialect ofCentral Chong.[4] However, further study and longer word lists point to Kasong being a separate language closely related to Chong and Samre.[3][2] Kasong is nearly extinct; there are no monolinguals and all speakers useThai as their primary language.
Of the vocabulary tested, a study found 55.38 percent of the language to consist of Thai loanwords.[3] These loanwords are grouped into two subtypes: direct from Thai or a Thai word added to an existing Kasong word.[3] This high percentage is indicative of the language's route to potential extinction as Thai displaces it.
More than 50 years ago,[when?] all Kasong people were forbidden to use the Kasong language in their families and with others as a result of governors believing that speaking Kasong interfered with speaking Thai.[3] Thus, Kasong speakers taught their descendants Thai instead of Kasong.[3]Thai nationalism led to the Kasong people becoming ashamed of their language and not being concerned with its preservation.[3] The Kasong language and its people is representative of Thailand's many ethnolinguistic minorities.[5]
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