Mày language

Mày
Native toVietnam
EthnicityMay
Native speakers
600 (2013)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologmayy1239
ELPMay

Mày is a Vietic language spoken by the May people of Minh Hóa district, Quảng Bình province, Central Vietnam. It is a member of the Cheut language cluster, which belongs to the Vietic branch of the Austroasiatic family. With only several hundred speakers, May is a critically endangered language, with only about half of the estimated ethnic population of 1,228 people able to speak the language.