Tariang language

Taliang (Tariang, Talieng, Trieng) is a Bahnaric language spoken by the Jeh-Tariang people of Laos and Vietnam. It is possibly related to the Stieng language of Vietnam and Cambodia.^[2]

Taliang
Trieng
Kasseng
Native to	Laos
Ethnicity	Gie-Trieng
Native speakers	45,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Bahnaric Central Taliang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: tdf – Talieng stg – Trieng tgr – Tareng
Glottolog	trie1243  Trieng

There are various languages that have gone by the name Taliang/Trieng, which means 'headhunters'; SEALang classifies two of these as dialects of the same language as Kasseng.^[3]

Further reading

The Institute for Cultural Research. Ministry of Information and Culture. 2003. The Life and House of the Tariang People. Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation Asia Center.