Rục language

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Rục language is a highly endangered Vietic language spoken by the small Rục ethnic group in the mountainous regions of central Vietnam.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ruc language 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vietic language
endangered language
natural language
ageDistribution fewer fluent child speakers
belongsTo Rục ethnolinguistic community
classificationAuthority Austroasiatic language classification by linguists
conservationNeed urgent documentation and revitalization
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
documentationStatus poorly documented
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicity Rục ethnic group NERFINISHED
family Vietic
geographicDistribution remote border areas near Laos
hasAlternativeNameType autonym and exonym forms differ
hasFeature lexical similarities with other Vietic languages
rich vowel system
tonal or register-like contrasts
hasLinguisticTypology analytic
hasLoanwordsFrom Vietnamese language NERFINISHED
hasMorphology isolating morphology
hasPhonology complex consonant inventory
hasSyntax preverbal negation
hasWordOrder SVO
intergenerationalTransmission breaking down
isoStatus has ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Austroasiatic NERFINISHED
languageShiftTo Vietnamese language NERFINISHED
linguisticArea Mainland Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
locatedIn mountainous regions of central Vietnam
minorityLanguageIn Vietnam NERFINISHED
numberOfSpeakers very few hundred or fewer
region central Vietnam NERFINISHED
relatedTo Arem language NERFINISHED
Mày language NERFINISHED
Phong language NERFINISHED
Vietnamese language
script Latin script
sociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Vietnamese
spokenBy Rục people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Quảng Bình Province NERFINISHED
spokenInCommunityType small mountain villages
status highly endangered
subfamily Phong–Liha branch
threats language shift and assimilation
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Vietnamese-based Latin orthography

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietic languages endangeredMembers Rục language
Chut hasLanguage Rục language
this entity surface form: Ruc language
Vietic peoples hasLinguisticBranch Rục language
this entity surface form: Ruc language
Vietic languages hasMember Rục language