Jru is a member of the Bahnaric branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken in Champasak, Sekong and Attapeu Provinces in southern Laos. In 2007 there were about 28,000 speakers of Jru, which is also known as Loven, Laven, Boloven, Boriwen, Jaru, Jruq or Laweenjru.
Jru has been written with versions of the Latin and Lao alphabets. The Khom script, invented by Ong Kommandam, was also used for a while in the early 20th century.
Download alphabet charts for Jru in PDF or Excel format
Details of Jru alphabets provided by Michael Peter Füstumum and Wolfram Siegel
Information about Jru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jru%27_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laven
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lbo
http://www.language-archives.org/language/lbo
http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/lave1248
http://sealang.net/archives/mksj/pdf/MKSJ-34.97.pdf
Brao, Cua, Chrau, Jru, Koho, Sedang, Tampuan
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 23.04.21
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