Chrau language
Chrau (also known as Jro, Ro, Tamun, Charuo, Choro, Chíoro) /ˈtʃraʊ/ is a Bahnaric language spoken by some of the 22,000 ethnic Cho Ro people in southern Vietnam. Unlike most languages of Southeast Asia, Chrau has no lexical tone, though it does have significant sentence intonation.
| Chrau | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vietnam |
| Region | Đồng Nai, Tây Ninh, and Bình Dương provinces |
| Ethnicity | 26,900 Chrau people (2009 census) |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1995 census) |
Austroasiatic
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | crw |
| Glottolog | chra1242 |
| ELP | Chrau |
There are fewer than 20,000 native speakers of Chrau. Most people who speak Chrau are from the Southern parts of Vietnam such as Bien Hoa and Binh Tuy.
The language of Chrau has much Chinese influence, explaining its similarity to many other languages. In the later years after they began to sell crops to others in the area, the influence of Vietnamese would begin to appear in their language. Similarly to the Chinese and Vietnamese language, there are also certain tones in the Chrau language that are emphasized when speaking.