Global InformationKasong dialect information
| Kasong | |
|---|---|
| Chong of Trat | |
| Native to | Thailand |
| Region | Trat Province |
Native speakers | 50 (2008)[1] |
Language family | Austroasiatic
|
Writing system | none |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| ELP | Kasong |
Kasong, also previously known as "Chong of Trat", is an endangered Pearic language of the Austroasiatic family spoken in Bo 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 of Central 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 use Thai 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]
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ a b Sunee, Kamnuansin (2003). "Syntactic Characteristics of Kasong: An Endangered Language of Thailand" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 33: 167–182. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g Noppawan, Thongkham (2003). The Phonology of Kasong at Khlong Saeng Village, Danchumphon Sub-District, Bo Rai District, Trat Province (PDF) (MA thesis). Mahidol University. ISBN 974-04-3750-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
- ^ Sidwell, Paul (2009). Classifying the Austroasiatic Languages: History and State of the Art. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24.
- ^ Joll, Chris. "Language Loyalty and Loss in Malay South Thailand – From Ethno-Religious Rebellion to Ethno-Linguistic Angst?" (Draft) – via ResearchGate.