About Ong Be

Classification of UNESCO: Severely Endangered (SE)*

ISO 639-3 Code by SIL: onb

Status: Active

Language Population: Approx. 600,000

Language family: Kra-Dai

Geographical Scope: Lingao County & adjacent regions

Glottolog Rec.: https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ling1262

 

*The language is spoken by grandparents and older generations. While the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves.