Bahnaric languages

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Bahnaric
Geographic
distribution:		 Indochina
Genetic
classification:		 Austro-Asiatic
 Mon-Khmer
  Eastern
   Bahnaric
Subdivisions:
Central Bahnaric
North Bahnaric
West Bahnaric

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.

  • West Bahnaric: a dialect chain to the west of North Bahnaric, including:
    • Brao
    • Lave
    • Jru’
    • Nyaheun
    • Oi
    • etc.
  • Central Bahnaric: a language family divided by the Chamic languages[1]
    • Alak
    • Cua
    • West Central: Kasseng/Taliang, Yaeh
    • South Central: to the southwest of Chamic:

  • 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.

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