Rengao

REN

threatened

Alternate Names: Ro-Ngao

Dialects: Bahnar-Rengao, Sedang-Rengao, Western Rengao.

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Eastern Mon-Khmer
Bahnaric
North Bahnaric
West
Rengao

Demographics: 18,000 (Bradley 2007).

Language Use: Also use Vietnamese [vie].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1977.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Viet Nam

Other Comments: Part of the Ba Na official ethnic community (227,716, 2009 census).