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The Pearic languages are a group of endangered languages of the Eastern Mon–Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by Pear people (the Por the Samré the Samray the Suoy and the Chong) living in western Cambodia and southeastern Thailand.Pearic languages are remnants of the aboriginal languages of much of Cambodia but have dwindled in numbers due to assimilation. Pear is a pejorative term meaning slave or caste.