title: Chut languages
text: # Chut languages
  
  The Chứt (Chut, Cheut) or Rục-Sách languages are a Vietic language cluster spoken by the Chứt peoples of Vietnam and Khammouane Province, Laos.
  
  ## Classification
  
  The following three Chứt subgroups have been tentatively identified in Babaev & Samarina (2021).
  
  * Mày, Rục, Sách
  * Arem
  * Kri, Maleng (Malieng); Kri and Maleng are listed as Western Vietic, rather than as part of the Chut phylogenetic group, by Alves & Sidwell (2021)
  
  Except for the semi-nomadic and sedentary agriculturalist Sach and the swidden agriculturalist Kri, the May, Ruc, Arem, and Maleng were all hunter-gatherers until the late 20th century.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Chứt languages are spoken in the following villages in Vietnam.
  
  ### Sách
  
  * Lâm Hóa
  * Hóa Tiến
  * Lâm Sum
  * Hóa Hợp
  * Hóa Lương
  * Thượng Hóa
  
  ### Mày
  
  * Ca Oóc
  * Bai Dinh
  * Cha Lo
  
  ### Rục
  
  * Yên Hợp
  * Phú Minh
  