Mon-Khmer languages Totally Explained

Everything about Mon-khmer Languages totally explained

The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous language family of Southeast Asia. Together with the Munda languages of India, they're 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). See Austroasiatic languages.

Mon-Khmer languages

This classification is based on Gérard Diffloth's widely cited 1974 Encyclopedia Britannica article.

Eastern

Bahnaric in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
Katuic in central Laos, northeast Thailand, and central Vietnam
Khmer (or Cambodian) in Cambodia, and northeastern Thailand (15 million)
Pacoh in central Laos and central highlands of Vietnam (External Link)
Pearic in southern Cambodia, though some linguists (External Link) have questioned the inclusion of Pearic so close to Khmer.
Vietic in Vietnam (76 to 83 million speakers) ť :Pacoh language was unknown when the original classification was made.

Northern

Khasi in Meghalaya, India.

Khmuic in northern Laos

Mang in Vietnam and China

Palaungic in the upper Salween, Sino-Burmese border, northern Thailand

Palyu in China

T'in in Nan Province, Northern Thailand (External Link

) ť :Mang, Palyu, Kuy (Kuay) and T'in languages were not known when the original classification was made.

Southern

Aslian in peninsular Malaysia, split into three groups, Jahaic, and Semelaic.

Monic in the lower Salween, Burma (1 million).

Nicobarese on the Nicobar Islands.

Unclassified

Bugan in China

Buxinhua in China

Kemiehua in China

Kuanhua in China ť :These languages were not known when the original classification was made

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