The Chong language (also referred to as Chawng, Shong, or Xong) is an endangered language spoken in Cambodia and southeastern Thailand. It is a Pearic language in the Eastern branch of the Mon-Khmer language family, and is currently the focus of a language revitalization project in Thailand. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous languages of Indo-China. ... Pearic Languages are a subgroup of the Mon-Khmer languages. ... Writing systems of the world today. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of sounds and the human voice. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use. ... Pearic Languages are a subgroup of the Mon-Khmer languages. ... The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous languages of Indo-China. ... Language revival is the revival, by governments, political authorities, or enthusiasts, to recover the spoken use of a language that is no longer spoken or is endangered. ...

The Chong language is marked by its unusual glottal stops and has a grammar structure vastly different from Thai language. It had no written form until 2000, when researchers at Mahidol University used a simplified version of standard Thai characters to create a Chong writing system, after which the first teaching materials in the language appeared.^[1] Chong also has four registers, and is currently considered to be at stage 7 in Joshua Fishman's Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (GIDS), where stage 8 is the closest to extinction.^[2] // Bold textItalic text The vocal folds, also known popularly as vocal cords, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the larynx. ... Grammar is the study of rules governing the use of language. ... The Thai language (Thai: , transcription: phasa thai; IPA: ), is the national and official language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailands dominant ethnic group. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Writing systems of the world today. ... In linguistics, a register is a subset of a language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting. ... Professor Joshua Aaron Fishman is an American social scientist and linguist at Stanford University. ...

The language only has about 5500 speakers remaining, 5000 in Cambodia and 500 in Thailand. The Chong community in Thailand is primarily located in and around Chanthaburi.^[1] Chanthaburi is a town in Thailand, capital of the Chanthaburi Province. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lim Li Min. "Saving Thailand's Other Languages", International Herald Tribune, October 23, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
2. ^ Chong Language Revitalization Project (PDF) (June 2005). Retrieved on 2006-10-24.

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External links

• Chong language at Ethnologue