Man Met language
| Man Met | |
|---|---|
| Kemie | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Southwest Yunnan |
Native speakers | unknown (900 cited 1990)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: mml – Man Met kfj – Kemie (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog |
kemi1240 (Kemiehua)[2]manm1238 (Man Met)[3] |
Man Met, or Kemie (Chinese: å…‹è”‘è¯ Kemiehua), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, China. It is classified as an Angkuic language by Paul Sidwell (2010). It may be or Mangic according to Li Yunbing (2005),[4] or Palaungic. Like most other Austroasiatic languages, Kemie has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.
Autonyms include man˩˧ met˥˧ 曼咪, kʰɤ˧˩ met˥˧ 克蔑, and kʰɤ˧˩ miŋ˧ å…‹æ• (Chen 2005:1), or khaʔ˧ min˧ (Yan & Zhou 2012:154).
Distribution
Kemie is spoken in the following villages by just over 1,000 people (Chen 2005:1).
- Jinghong Township 景洪镇
- Manmi æ›¼å’ªæ‘ (man13 met53) of Gadong Township 嘎东乡 (51 households, 228 persons)[8]
- Sanjia ä¸‰å®¶æ‘ of Mengyang Township å‹å…»é•‡ (46 households, 200 persons)[9]
References
- ↑ Man Met at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kemie (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kemiehua". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Man Met". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ æŽäº‘å…µ / Li Yunbing. 2005. 布赓è¯ç ”究 / Bugeng yu yan jiu (A Study of Bugeng [Bugan]). Beijing: æ°‘æ—出版社 / Min zu chu ban she / Ethnic Publishing House
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=229052
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=229051
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=229053
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=227643
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=201718
Further Reading
- Chen Guoqing [陈国庆]. 2005. A Study of Kemie [Kemie yu yan jiu 克蔑è¯ç ”究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [æ°‘æ—出版社].
- Gao Yongqi [高永奇]. 2004. A Study of Buxing [Buxing yu yan jiu 布兴è¯ç ”究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [æ°‘æ—出版社].
- Yan Qixiang [颜其香] & Zhou Zhizhi [周æ¤å¿—] (2012). Mon-Khmer languages of China and the Austroasiatic family [ä¸å›½åŸé«˜æ£‰è¯æ—è¯è¨€ä¸Žå—亚è¯ç³»]. Beijing: Social Sciences Academy Press [社会科å¦æ–‡çŒ®å‡ºç‰ˆç¤¾].
External links
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F9-9@view Man Met in RWAAI Digital Archive
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