Bahnaric languages
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| Bahnaric | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Indochina |
| Genetic classification: |
Austro-Asiatic Nuclear Mon-Khmer Khmero-Vietic Khmero-Bahnaric Bahnaric |
| Subdivisions: |
Central Bahnaric
North Bahnaric
West Bahnaric
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The Bahnaric languages are a group of about thirty Mon-Khmer languages spoken by about 700,000 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Internal diversity suggests that the family broke up about 3000 years ago.[citation needed]
- North Bahnaric: a dialect chain north of the Chamic languages, including
- West Bahnaric: a dialect chain to the west of North Bahnaric, including:
- Central Bahnaric: a language family divided by the Chamic languages [1]
[edit] Notes
[edit] Further reading
- Jacq, P., & Sidewell, P. (2000). A comparative West Bahnaric dictionary. Languages of the world, 21. München: LINCOM Europa. ISBN 3895865583
- Sidwell, P. (2000). Proto South Bahnaric: a reconstruction of a Mon-Khmer language of Indo-China. Pacific linguistics, 501. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858834448
- Keller, C. E. (1976). A grammatical sketch of Brao, a Mon-Khmer language. Grand Forks, N.D.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session. OCLC: 2915938
- Smith, K. D. (1972). A phonological reconstruction of Proto-North-Bahnaric. Language data : Asian-Pacific series, no. 2. Santa Ana, Calif: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- Thomas, D. D. (1967). Chrau grammar; a Mon-Khmer language of Vietnam.
