Ruc language
| Ruc | |
|---|---|
| Rục | |
| Native to | Ruc |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | rucc1239 |
Rục is a
History
Ruc speakers were hunter-gatherers until the late 1970s, when they were relocated into sedentary villages by the Vietnamese government. The 1985 Soviet-Vietnamese Linguistic Expedition found that there were no more than 200 Ruc people. Half of the Ruc died from a cholera epidemic in the late 1980s. Today, the Ruc live together with the Sach in villages close to the Laotian border.[1] Ruc settlements include Yên Hợp and Phú Minh.[2]
Phonology
Unlike Vietnamese, Rục allows for presyllables with a minor vowel, such as cakuː4 'bear' (cf. Vietnamese gấu). Rục is notable for preserving many prefixes that have been lost in Vietnamese, including prefixes (such as *k.-) in archaic Chinese loanwords that are crucial for the reconstruction of Old Chinese[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-9-00446-108-6.
- ISBN 978-5-907117-34-1. (in Russian). p.16.
- ISBN 978-0-19-994537-5.