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Mon-Khmer

E41506

branch of Austroasiatic languages language family branch

Mon-Khmer is a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes numerous languages spoken across mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.

Aliases (8)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Austroasiatic languages → language family branch →
continent	Asia →
fieldOfStudy	Austroasiatic linguistics →
hasAlternativeName	Mon Khmer → Mon–Khmer →
hasFeature	complex consonant systems in some languages → register or phonation contrasts in some languages → rich vowel systems →
hasLanguage	Bahnar language → Katu language → Khasi language → Khmer language → Mon language → Muong language → Nicobarese languages → Palaung language → Vietnamese language →
hasSubfamily	Bahnaric → Katuic → Khasic → Khmer → Monic → Palaungic → Pearic → Vietic →
historicalClassification	core branch of Austroasiatic →
includesNationalLanguageOf	Cambodia → Vietnam →
languageFamily	Austroasiatic →
partOf	Austroasiatic language family →
region	Mainland Southeast Asia → South Asia →
spokenIn	Bangladesh → Cambodia → China → India → Laos → Myanmar → Nepal → Thailand → Vietnam →
status	includes both national and minority languages →
typology	mostly analytic →
usedBy	multiple ethnic groups in Southeast Asia →
wordOrder	SVO →
writingSystem	various scripts →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austroasiatic ("Khmuic languages") → Austroasiatic ("Khmu language") → Austroasiatic ("Khmuʼ language") →	hasLanguage
Khmer → Nicobarese ("Nuclear Mon–Khmer") →	subfamily
Austroasiatic ("Mon–Khmer") →	alternativeName
Mon-Khmer ("Mon–Khmer") →	hasAlternativeName
Austroasiatic ("Proto-Mon–Khmer") →	hasHistoricalLanguage
Laos ("Lao") →	hasOfficialLanguage
Austroasiatic ("Mon–Khmer") →	hasSubfamily
Nicobarese ("Mon–Khmer languages") →	isPartOf