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'[ɟruʔ]. Varieties are:

Laven varieties are described in detail by Therapan L-Thongkum and Paul Sidwell (2003).

Further reading

  • Sidwell, Paul. 2019. . Presented at ALMSEA (The Anthropology of Language in Mainland Southeast Asia), University of Sydney, Aug. 19-20. ().
  • Sidwell, Paul (2003). . Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.