PHNOM DONG RAK STUDY : THE DIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES AREA

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the diversity of language and culture in the area of ​​Phanom Dong Rak mountain range. The selected areas are communities located near the Phanom Dong Rak mountain range, both on the Thai and Cambodian side. This study found that Khao Phanom Dong Rak is a mountain barrier between Thailand and Cambodia. In this area of ​​Phanom Dong Rak mountain range there are many ethnic groups. So there is diversity of language and culture. Ethnic groups live in Thailand include Khmer, Laos, Kui. Ethnic groups live in Cambodia include Khmer, Laos and Kui. The ethnic groups that live on both sides have their own unique settlements, ways of life and culture which are identity of them. All these ethnic groups have relations with kinship and neighbors to each other from the past to the present. After there is the border line between Thailand and Cambodia. Relations between ethnic groups, ways of life and culture have changed