Kri language
Kri (Krìì) is a recently described Vietic language. Kri speakers live in the Upper Ñrong (Nam Noy) valley of Khammouane Province, Laos, as well as other locations within the Nakai-Nam Theun Biodiversity Conservation Area. It is mutually intelligible with Pròòngq, which is spoken in several villages downstream from the Kri (Enfield & Diffloth 2009). The Kri call themselves "mleeng Kri", and their language "meengq Kri". They are swidden cultivators who move every 2–3 years among pre-existing village sites (Chamberlain 1998). Houses are torn down after the death of a household member, and the housing materials are then  used to construct a new house in a different location. Other than the Kri language, many adults, especially men, are also fluent in Vietnamese, Saek, Bru, and Lao. Phonology. Consonants. The consonants in Kri are: Finals. These are the consonants that may come at the end of a syllable in Kri: Do note that they are all contrastive, and that vowels, nasal consonants, and oral consonants may have checked endings. The Oral endings also may become voiceless. Morphology. Kri has a few morphological features, less than Khmu but more than Vietnamese. Causative Infix. The -a- infix may be inserted into  words with two initial consonants, between them. This infix turns intransitive verb into a transitive verb, adding an agent. It can also turn a noun into a verb. Here are some examples: Nominalising Infix. The -rn- infix is placed after a single initial consonant. This infix makes a noun from a verb: This shortens to -r- when between consonants: Verbal Morphology. There are three forms of negation: "dêêh, laa," and "cùù". There have distinct syntactic behavior. "Cùù" occurs before the subject (e.g. sentence initially). Both "dêêh" and "laa" can occur before the verb (after the subject). "Dêêh" is distinct from  laa in that "dêêh" can occur in responsive ellipsis environments (i.e. as a stand alone word after a questions). There are a variety of TAM markers (which supply information about the tense, aspect, or mood) of predicates. Syntax. The basic word order of Kri is SVO, although argument ellipsis and fronting of constituents is common. Further, there is no case marking or cross-referencing agreement. Verbal Domain. Serial verb constructions have an explicit marker of subordination ("kùù"). Nominal Domain. Kri pronouns displays sensitivity to the three grammatical numbers in Kri (singular, dual and plural), as well inclusive/exclusive distinction, and  (for the singular) a polite/bare distinctions. A gender distinction is made only in the third person polite forms. Polite forms are used when there is appropriate social distance (e.g. by age or kinship). Classifiers. The classifier "longq" can be (but need not be) used to express possession. There are also numeral classifier constructions. These can be ordered Number-Classifier-Noun or Noun-Number-Classifier.