Kaco’ language

Kaco’
Native to	Cambodia–Vietnam border
Native speakers	3,600 (2007)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Bahnaric North Bahnaric Sedang–Todrah Kaco’
Dialects	Kaco’ Romam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: xkk – Kaco’ rmx – Romam
Glottolog	lama1291[2]

Kaco’ (Kachok) is an Austro-Asiatic language of Vietnam. The two dialects, Kaco’ and Romam, are quite distinct. Lamam (Lmam) is a clan name found among the Kaco', not a distinct language.

In Vietnam, Romam (Rơ-măm) is spoken in Le village, Mo Rai commune, Sa Thầy District, Kon Tum province (Đặng, et al. 2010:115).^[3]

References

1. Kaco’ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Romam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lamamic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, Chu Thái Sơn, Lưu Hùng. 2010. Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers.

• Magaspag, Chitse E. 2012. Language Use and Attitudes of Kachok Speakers: Towards an Assessment of the Kachok Language Vitality. SIL International.