Pearic languages

Classification

• Pear of Kompong Thom
• Chong
• *Southern
• **Suoi of Kampong Speu
• **Saoch, two dialects:
• ***Chung of Cambodia - Phum Veal Renh, Prey Nob District in Kampong Som,
• ***Chung of Thailand - Kanchanaburi
• *Western
• **Chong of Chantaburi
• **
• ***Chong həəp
• ***Khlong Phlu Chong
• **
• ***Chong lɔɔ
• ***Wang Kraphrae Chong
• ***Chong
• *Central
• **Samre of Pursat
• **Samre
• **Chong
• **Kasong, historically called, Chong of Trat
• *Northern
• **Somray of Battambang
• **Somre of Siem Reap

Reconstruction

Headley (1985)

• *peːm 'angry'
• *peʔ 'three'
• *taːɲ 'to weave'
• *kam 'arrow'
• *keːv 'to call'
• *caː 'to eat'
• *ciʔ 'louse'
• *ʔic 'excrement'
• *ʔan 'here'
• *Paŋ 'flower'
• *Poːt 'to cut, hack'
• *Tɔːŋ 'to fear'
• *Teːv 'right '
• *Cak 'to hunt'
• *Ceːv 'to go'
• *Kaːŋ 'month'
• *Kɔːj 'long'
• *Kic 'small'
• *buːl 'drunk'
• *beːt 'knife'
• *baːŋ 'morning'
• *dɔːn 'must'
• *deːv 'to buy'
• *daːk 'water'
• *ɟuːm 'vine'
• *ɟeːv 'soup'
• *ɟɔːr 'sap'
• *graːɲ 'alcohol'
• *gɨl 'to sit'
• *guːm 'to winnow'
• *suk 'hair'
• *saŋ 'to hear'
• *sɔːŋ 'to dance'
• *huːm 'to bathe'
• *hɔː 'not'
• *hr 'to fly'
• *hjɔk 'breast'
• *hmɔːk 'bat'
• *hmaːr 'field'
• *hnoːk 'to stretch oneself'
• *hŋɔːn 'thatch'
• *hrɔːk 'to hide'
• *hlɔːŋ 'banana'
• *hluk 'salt'
• *vŋ 'raw, uncooked'
• *rəvaːj 'tiger'
• *jaːv 'scorpion'
• *jp 'to come'
• *mt 'eye'
• *nɔːŋ 'mountain'
• *nɨm 'year'
• *ŋr 'red'
• *reːs 'root'
• *rɔːj 'fly'
• *raːj 'ten'
• *loːm 'to ask'
• *laːc 'lightning'
• *_liɲ 'elder sibling'
• *Pac 'to break'
• *hoːc 'dead'
• *hoːc 'dead'
• *pah 'to slap'
• *ch 'to spit'
• *tak 'broken apart'
• *lɨk 'bran'
• *-haːm 'blood'
• *tɨm 'to cook'
• *kn 'child'
• *kɨn 'female'
• *hlɨŋ 'deep'
• *ɟiɲ 'foot'
• *ʔɔːɲ 'to keep, put'
• *Təp 'to bury'
• *hp 'to eat'
• *veːt 'blue'
• *klaːv 'skink'
• *knaːj 'elephant'
• *Tɔːj 'before'
• *sɨl 'sharp-edged'
• *taːl 'to stand'
• *coːl 'to plant'
• *meːl 'fish'
• *Peːr 'water leech'
• *Keːr 'to bark'
• *hr 'to blow'
• *Ceːs 'kind of deer'
• *loːs 'kind of deer'
• *coːs 'hundred'
• *cɨs 'old'
• *pas 'tail'
• *cʔ 'dog'
• *rəgiʔ 'thin'
• *tŋiʔ 'day'
• *poʔ 'dream'
• *teˀ 'earth'
• *kaː 'mouth'
• *mɨː 'civet'
• *ŋn 'wife'
• *rɛːŋ 'ring'
• *ɟrəlaʔ 'thorn'
• *kdɔːŋ 'six'
• *kleˀ 'ashamed'
• *klɔːŋ 'bone'
• *kmaːs 'smoke'
• *kmɔk 'cough'
• *gmaʔ 'rain'
• *knɔːk 'to flail'
• *gnuːl 'seven'
• *grɨk 'to awaken'
• *ksm 'star'
• *kvak 'to hook'
• *kjoŋ 'kind of lizard'
• *gjaːŋ 'turtle'
• *mlŋ 'eel'
• *pliː 'fruit'
• *bluː 'thigh'
• *pnaːk 'basket'
• *bnaːm 'ugly'
• *ŋaːm 'bee'
• *brɔːŋ 'Khmer'
• *braːj 'cotton thread'
• *psiː 'snake'
• *skɛːŋ 'wing'
• *smaɲ 'cramp'
• *snɛːŋ 'after'
• *sŋal 'to know'
• *sriː 'to ask'
• *tmoˀ 'stone'
• *tpɔʔ 'winnowing basket'
• *trɔːj 'wild cow'
• *ʔiːn 'to get'
• *briː 'forest'
• *kriɲ 'drum'
• *ksuː 'red ant'
• *bleːv 'fire'
• *ləkheːt 'to slide'
• *ʔoːc 'to take'
• *Coːj 'sore, wound'
• *Toːs 'head'
• *koːj 'tooth'
• *oːt 'younger sibling'
• *b 'you'
• *koj 'kind of lizard'
• *hlɛːk 'chicken'
• *Tɛːŋ 'left'
• *bɛːk 'to laugh'
• *tɛ 'lightning'
• *gɔŋ 'long'
• *tɔŋ 'house'

  Sidwell & Rau (2015)

• *ʔɨːs 'all'
• *bɔh 'ashes'
• *ker 'to bark'
• *tkɔːˀ 'bark '
• *guŋ 'belly'
• *tak 'big'
• *ciːˀm 'bird'
• *tap 'to bite'
• *caˀŋ 'black'
• *pNhaːm 'blood'
• *klɔːŋ 'bone'
• *j̊ɔk, *tuh 'breast'
• *pɔːs, *tuːt 'to burn '
• *ktraːˀs 'claw/nail'
• *juːr 'cloud'
• *saˀc 'cold'
• *jip 'to come/arrive'
• *hoːc 'die '
• *cɔː 'dog'
• *taːˀl 'to drink '
• *bah, *jeːˀs 'dry '
• *prlaːŋ 'ear'
• *teːˀ 'earth/soil'
• *caː 'to eat'
• *tuŋ 'egg'
• *mat 'eye'
• *pɨːs 'fat/grease/oil'
• *suk 'feather'
• *pliːw 'fire'
• *meːˀl 'fish '
• *hɨːr 'fly '
• *ɟɨŋ 'foot'
• *briː 'forest'
• *bɔːŋ 'full '
• *ʔɨs 'give'
• *ceːw 'to go'
• toːˀn 'good'
• *weːt 'green'
• *suk 'hair '
• *tiː 'hand'
• *saŋ 'to hear/listen'
• *soːc, *sroːc 'horn'
• *ʔiɲ 'I'
• *pNhoːc 'to kill'
• *-nuːl, *mkuːr 'knee'
• *kah 'know'
• *-laːˀ 'leaf'
• *bic 'to lie '
• *lɔːm 'liver'
• *goŋ 'long'
• *ciː 'louse '
• *lɔːŋ 'man/husband'
• *lɔː 'many'
• *pɔːm, *ɟuːc 'meat/flesh'
• *kaːŋ 'moon'
• *nɔːŋ 'mountain/hill'
• *kaː 'mouth'
• *kɔːk 'neck'
• *blaː 'new'
• *klɛːˀŋ 'night'
• *-toːt, *mus 'nose'
• *ʔih 'not'
• *moːˀj 'one'
• *kɟɨm 'person/human'
• *kɔːˀn 'rat'
• *gmaːˀ 'rain'
• *ŋar 'red'
• *ɟar 'resin'
• *kraː 'road, path'
• *reːs 'root '
• *moːl 'round '
• *laːŋ 'sand'
• *daŋ 'see'
• *kɨl 'sit'
• *-loːˀ 'skin'
• *bic 'sleep'
• *kic 'small'
• *kmaː⁽ˀ⁾s 'smoke '
• *ɲaːj 'to speak, say'
• *taːl 'to stand'
• *ksɨm 'star'
• *tmoːˀ 'stone'
• *ŋiːˀ 'sun'
• *heːl 'to swim'
• *paːs 'tail'
• *dan 'that '
• *ʔan 'this '
• *boː 'thou/you'
• *ɟrlaʔ 'thorn'
• *ktaːˀk 'tongue'
• *koːj 'tooth'
• *neːˀm 'tree'
• *baːˀr 'two'
• *ceːw 'to walk, go'
• *tuːˀ 'warm/hot'
• *daːk 'water'
• *hɛːŋ 'we '
• *taːɲ 'to weave'
• *cmpiːˀj 'what?'
• *broːŋ, *pruːs 'white'
• *ʔmih 'who?'
• *kɨn 'woman/wife'
• *joːˀs 'yellow'

  Lexical innovations