Mon Khmer

E216904

Mon Khmer is a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family, encompassing numerous languages spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia.

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Mon Khmer canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Austroasiatic languages
language branch
alternativeName Mon-Khmer
Mon-Khmer
surface form: Mon–Khmer
geographicDistribution South Asia
Southeast Asia
hasMajorLanguage Khmer
surface form: Khmer language

Mon language
Vietnamese language
hasSubbranch Bahnaric languages
Katuic languages
Khasi-Palaungic languages
Khasic languages
Khmeric languages
Monic languages
Palaungic languages
Pearic languages
Vietic languages
hasWritingSystem Khmer script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Mon script
Vietnamese alphabet
historicalClassificationBy Paul Benedict
Wilhelm Schmidt NERFINISHED
includesLanguage Bahnar
surface form: Bahnar language

Bru language
Katu language
Khasi language
Khmer
surface form: Khmer language

Kuay language
Mon language
Pear languages
Sedang language
Vietnamese
surface form: Vietnamese language
languageFamily Austroasiatic
linguisticFeature contrastive register or phonation in some languages
lack of lexical tone in most branches except Vietic
predominantly analytic morphology
rich vowel systems in many languages
partOf Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic language family
region Indochinese Peninsula
spokenIn Cambodia
Laos
Indochinese Peninsula
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia

Malaysia
Myanmar
Northeast India
Thailand
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam

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Mon-Khmer hasAlternativeName Mon Khmer