TPU ISO 639-3
Tampuan
តំពួន (Tampuon) Autonym
A language of Cambodia
- ISO 639
- tpu
- Alternate Names
- Campuon, Proon, Proons, Tamphuan, Tampuen, Tampuon, “Kha Tampuon” (pej.)
- Autonym
- តំពួន (Tampuon)
- Population
- 31,000 (2009 UNSD).
- Location:
- Ratanakiri province: Sesan river area south to Srepok river.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Eastern Mon-Khmer, Bahnaric, Central Bahnaric
- Language Use
- Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Also use Khmer [khm]. Also use Lao [lao]. Used as L2 by Kachok [xkk].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Taught in primary schools. Pilot formal education programme begun in 3 elementary schools in 2003. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2020.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tampuan
- Writing
- Khmer script [Khmr].
- Other Comments
- Exogamous clans, together with Kaco’ and Jarai, override ethnic and linguistic boundaries.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Ratanakiri province: Sesan river area south to Srepok river.
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