- Mon-Khmer languages
Infobox Language family
name=Mon-Khmer
region=Indochina
familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
child1=Eastern
child2=Northern
child3=Southern
child4=unclassified
iso2=mkhThe Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous
language family ofSoutheast Asia . Together with theMunda languages ofIndia , they are one of the two traditional primary branches of the Austroasiatic family. However, several recent classifications have abandoned this dichotomy, either reducing the scope of Mon-Khmer (Diffloth 2005) or breaking it up entirely (or equivalently reclassifying Munda as a branch of Mon-Khmer: Peiros 1998). "SeeAustroasiatic languages ."Mon-Khmer languages
This classification is based on
Gérard Diffloth 's widely cited 1974 "Encyclopedia Britannica" article.Eastern
*Bahnaric in
Vietnam ,Cambodia , andLaos
*Katuic in centralLaos , northeast Thailand, and central Vietnam
*Khmer (or Cambodian) inCambodia , and northeasternThailand (15 million)
*Pacoh in centralLaos and central highlands ofVietnam [http://www.uiowa.edu/~linguist/faculty/beckman/lotw01/languages/austro-asiatic.html]
*Pearic in southernCambodia , though some linguists [http://www.anu.edu.au/~u9907217/languages/Pearic.html] have questioned the inclusion of Pearic so close to Khmer.
*Vietic inVietnam andLaos (76 to 83 million speakers)::"Pacoh language was unknown when the original classification was made."Northern
*Khasi in
Meghalaya ,India .
*Khmuic in northernLaos
*Mang in Vietnam and China
*Palaungic in the upperSalween , Sino-Burmese border, northern Thailand
*Palyu in China
*T'in inNan Province , NorthernThailand [http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/jakarta/seals/Theraphan_SEALS_XVI_Abstract.pdf] ::"Mang, Palyu, Kuy (Kuay) and T'in languages were not known when the original classification was made."outhern
*Aslian in peninsular
Malaysia , split into three groups, Jahaic, and Semelaic.
*Monic in the lowerSalween ,Burma (1 million).
*Nicobarese on theAlpha's Islands .Unclassified
*Bugan in China
*Kemiehua in China
*Kuanhua in China::"These languages were not known when the original classification was made"References
Shorto, Harry L. edited by Sidwell, Paul, Cooper, Doug and Bauer, Christian (2006). "A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary". Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-570-3
Further reading
* Adams, K. L. (1989). "Systems of numeral classification in the Mon-Khmer, Nicobarese and Aslian subfamilies of Austroasiatic". Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858833735
* Filbeck, D. (1978). "T'in: a historical study". Pacific linguistics, no. 49. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858831724
* Hemeling, K. (1907). "Die Nanking Kuanhua". (German language)
* Shorto, H. L. "Bibliographies of Mon-Khmer and Tai Linguistics". London oriental bibliographies, v. 2. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.External links
* [http://sealang.net/mk/ Mon-Khmer languages at SEAlang]
* [http://www.anu.edu.au/~u9907217/languages/languages.html Mon-Khmer.com: Lectures by Paul Sidwell]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90153 Mon-Khmer languages] at Ethnologue
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