and Ban Na Va village in Khamkeut District; taken to Hinboun District during the war, and then later resettled in Nakai Tay (39 households) and in Sop Hia (20 households) on the Nakai Plateau. Thaveung (Ahao and Ahlao dialects): several villages near Lak Xao; probably originally from the Na Heuang area Cheut: Ban Na Phao and Tha Sang, Boualapha District; others probably also in Pha Song, Vang Nyao, Takaa; originally from Hin Nam No and Vietnam Atel: Tha Meuang on the Nam Sot (primarily Malang people); originally from the Houay Kanil area Thémarou: Vang Chang on the Nam Theun; Ban Soek near the Nam Noy Makang: Na Kadok, Khamkeut District (primarily Saek people); originally from the Upper Sot area Malang: Tha Meuang on the Nam Sot "Salang": Ban Xe Neua, Boualapha District Atop: Na Thone, Khamkeut District (primarily Tai Theng people); originally from the Upper Sot area Mlengbrou: near the Nam One; later relocated to the Yommalath District side of the Ak Mountain, and now living in Ban Sang, Yommalath District (primarily Yooy people) Kri: Ban Maka In Vietnam, some Vietic hill-tribe peoples, including the Arem, Rục, Maliêng, and Mày (Cươi), were resettled at Cu Nhái (located either in western Quảng Bình Province or in the southwest of Hương Khê District in Hà Tĩnh Province). The Sách are also found in Vietnam. The following table lists the lifestyles of various Vietic-speaking ethnic groups. Unlike the neighboring Tai ethnic groups, many Vietic groups are not paddy agriculturalists. Languages The discovery that Vietnamese was a Mon–Khmer language, and that its tones were a regular reflection of non-tonal features in the rest of the family, is considered a milestone in the development of historical linguistics. Vietic languages show a typological range from a Chinese or Tai typology to a typical Mon-Khmer Austroasiatic typology, including (a) complex tonal systems, complex phonation systems or blends; (b) C(glide)VC or CCVC syllable templates; monosyllabic or polysyllabic and isolating or agglutinative typology. Arem: This language lacks the breathy phonation common to most Vietic languages, but does have glottalized final consonants. Cuôi: Hung in Laos, and Thô in Vietnam Aheu (Thavung): This language makes a four-way distinction between clear and breathy phonation combined with glottalized final consonants. This is very similar to the situation in the Pearic languages in which, however, the glottalization is in the vowel. Ruc, Sach, May, and Chưt: A dialect cluster; the register system is