Bahnaric

E216896

Bahnaric is a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia by various indigenous ethnic groups.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Bahnaric languages 3
Bahnar language 2
Bahnaric canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language subgroup
language branch
classificationStatus well-established subgroup within Austroasiatic
geographicDistribution Tây Nguyên
surface form: Central Highlands of Vietnam

northeastern Cambodia
southern Laos
hasEthnicGroup Bahnar
surface form: Bahnar people

Koho people
Mnong people
Sedang people
Stieng people
hasFeature many languages are minority and under-documented
significant internal diversity among member languages
hasLanguage Alak
Bahnar
Hre
Jruʼ
Katuic-border varieties
Koho
M'Nông
surface form: Mnong

Sedang
Sre
Stieng
hasResearchField comparative-historical linguistics
hasSubgroup Central Bahnaric
North Bahnaric
South Bahnaric
languageFamily Austroasiatic
partOf Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic language family
region Indochinese Peninsula
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia
relatedTo Mon-Khmer
surface form: Mon-Khmer languages
riskStatus several member languages are endangered
spokenBy indigenous ethnic groups in Cambodia
indigenous ethnic groups in Laos
indigenous ethnic groups in Vietnam
spokenIn Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
studiedBy Austroasiatic linguists
subfamilyOf Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
typologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some languages
monosyllabic or sesquisyllabic word structure in many languages
rich consonant inventories in many languages
usedIn oral traditions of Central Highland ethnic groups
writingSystem Latin-based orthographies for several member languages

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mon-Khmer hasSubfamily Bahnaric
Mon-Khmer hasLanguage Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Bahnar language
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Bahnaric languages
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Khmeric
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnaric
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Bahnar language
Montagnard highland peoples ethnicGroupIncludes Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Bahnar people
Kontum localLanguages Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Bahnaric languages
Nghe An Province ethnicGroups Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Khmu
Vietic languages relatedTo Bahnaric
this entity surface form: Bahnaric languages