Ngeq

NGT

vigorous

Alternate Names: Kriang, Ngae, Nge’, Ngeh, Nkriang

Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Khlor ,.

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Eastern Mon-Khmer
Katuic
East Katuic
Ngeq-Nkriang

Demographics: 12,900 (2005 census). 9,030 monolinguals.

Language Use: Also use Lao [lao].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Dictionary.

Writing System: Lao, Latin

Nation of Origin: Laos

Other Comments: Ethnic autonym: Nkriang. Traditional religion, Christian.