Kaleun people
The Kaleun people (also called Laoeng) are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos.
Other names
Prefixes
Variations
- Kaleung
- Kalung
- Kalerng
- Kelung
- Khalong
Ethnicity
The Kaleun are a Tai ethnic group. However, they may have been descended from Bru people who shifted to a Southwestern Tai language resembling Phuthai and Yoy, as the Vietnamese also refer to the Bru as Ka Leung.[1] Chamberlain (2016) conjectures that the Kaleun may have originally been Vietic speakers.[2]
Geographic distribution
Religions
Language
The Kaleun typically speak Northeastern Thai as their primary language.
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