Somray language

Somray
	Northern Chong
Native to	Cambodia
Region	Pursat Province
Native speakers	4,100 (2005)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Pearic Chong languages Somray; ; ;
Writing system	Khmer script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	smu – inclusive code; Individual code:; sxm – Somre of Siem Reap
Glottolog	somr1240[2]

Somray, or Northern Chong, is a Pearic language of Cambodia.

Geographical distribution

Somray is spoken in the following areas of Cambodia.

Battambang province: Phumi Chhak Rokar area (Baradat ms.)
Koh Kong province: far north
Pursat province: 2 areas, north, east, and west of Phum Tasanh, and Tanyong river around Phum Pra Moi

The extinct Somre of Siem Reap (Moura 1883) was a dialect of the same language.

Somray at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Somre of Siem Reap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Somray of Battambang–Somre of Siem Reap". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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