title: Laven language
text: # Laven language
  
  Laven is a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of southern Laos. Laven is the exonym given by the Laotian government, while the autonym of many of those speakers is Jru'. Varieties are:
  
  * Jru' (also spelled Jruq)
  * Juk
  * Su' (also spelled Suq)
  
  Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).
  
  