Tags: 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.