Saek language

Spoken in

  • Tai - Kadai languages Kam - Tai languages Tai languages South West Tai languages Saek

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Saek ( Thai ภาษา แสก ) is a Kam - Tai language. Several localities in central Laos and northeastern Thailand, the Isan spoken The approximately 34,000 speakers are almost exclusively members of the ethnic group Saek.

In Thailand Saek is spoken in the province of Nakhon Phanom namely in the villages of Ban and Ban Phai Lom Azamat, a few kilometers north of the provincial capital of Nakhon Phanom. A little further inland above the Mekong another village the village is at Ban Bawa Saek.

The Saek language threatened with extinction, as it is almost only spoken by the older Saek. The younger ones usually use local official languages ​​Lao, and Thai.

Language family Saek people Nakhon Phanom Province
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