Mnong language

Mnong
Native to Vietnam, Cambodia and United States
Region throughout Tây Nguyên region, especially in Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng, Đắk Nông and Bình Phước provinces; Mondulkiri in Cambodia
Native speakers
130,000 (2002–2008)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
cmo  Central Mnong
mng  Eastern Mnong
mnn  Southern Mnong
rka  Kraol
Glottolog mnon1259[2]

The Mnong language belongs to the Mon–Khmer language family. It is spoken by the different groups of Mnong in Vietnam and a Mnong group in Cambodia.

Distribution

In Vietnam, Mnong is spoken in the districts of Đăk Song, Đăk Mil, Đăk R'Lấp, Krông Nô, Gia Nghĩa, and other nearby locations in Đắk Nông Province (Nguyễn & Trương 2009).

Varieties

According to Ethnologue, four major dialects exist: Central, Eastern and Southern Mnong (all spoken in Vietnam), and Kraol (spoken in Cambodia). Within a dialect group, members do not understand other dialects. The Mnong language was studied first by the linguist Richard Phillips in the early 1970s.[3][4]

Lê, et. al (2014:234-235)[5] lists the following subgroups of Mnong and their respective locations.

Other minor Mnong ethnic groups include the Mnông Rơ Đe, Mnông R’Ông, and Mnông K’Ziêng.

Nguyễn & Trương (2009) cover the following M'Nông dialects.

Numerals

The following comparative numerals from various Mnong dialects are from Nguyễn & Trương (2009).

GlossPrehBu NoongBu NârPrângR'LâmMạKuênh
1du, ngoay, hŏmuaywaayduljudulđu
2barbarra'rbaarbarbarpar
3perpăipay
4puănpuănwaampuônpuanpuôn
5prămprămt'rơ̆m, nămprăm, nămnămjorăm, sơ nămsnăm
6prau
7pohpohpopspŏhpohpohpêh
8pham
9dŭm, sĭnsĭnchĭnhsindưmsin
10jâtjâtjoơtmâtjơt

References

  1. Central Mnong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Eastern Mnong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Southern Mnong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kraol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mnong". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Harry Leonard Shorto, Jeremy Hugh Chauncy, Shane Davidson (1991). Austroasiatic Languages. Routledge. ISBN 0-7286-0183-4.
  4. "Language Family Trees". ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  5. Lê Bá Thảo, Hoàng Ma, et. al; Viện hàn lâm khoa học xã hội Việt Nam - Viện dân tộc học. 2014. Các dân tộc ít người ở Việt Nam: các tỉnh phía nam. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội. ISBN 978-604-90-2436-8

Further reading

  • Blood, Henry Florentine. A Reconstruction of Proto-Mnong. Waxhaw, N.C.: Wycliffe-JAARS Print Shop, 1968.
  • Nguyễn Kiên Trường & Trương Anh. 2009. Từ Điển Việt - M'Nông. Hà Nội: Nhà Xuất Bản Từ Điển Bách Khoa.

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