Pacoh

PAC

threatened

Alternate Names: Bo River Van Kieu, Paco, Pokoh

Dialects: Ka’do, Kanah, Pahi (Ba-Hi).

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Eastern Mon-Khmer
Katuic
East Katuic
Katu-Pacoh

Demographics: 16,000 in Viet Nam (2002). Population total all countries: 32,500.

Language Use: Also use Vietnamese [vie].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Less than 15%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1965–1969.

Writing System: Lao, Latin

Nation of Origin: Viet Nam

Other Comments: Part of the Tà Ôi official ethnic community (43,886, 2009 census). ‘Koh’ in Pacoh, mountain.