Mnong

Vietnam and Cambodia

throughout Tây Nguyên region, especially in Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng, Đắk Nông and Bình Phước provinces; Mondulkiri in Cambodia

130,000 (2002–2008)[1]

Austroasiatic

Khmer
Latin (Vietnamese alphabet)

Variously:
cmo – Central Mnong
mng – Eastern Mnong
mnn – Southern Mnong
rka – Kraol

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Central Mnong

Kraol[2]

Distribution[edit]

In Vietnam, Mnong is spoken in the districts of Đăk Song, Đăk Mil, Đăk R'Lấp, Krông Nô, Gia Nghĩa, and other nearby locations in Đắk Nông Province (Nguyễn & Trương 2009).

Mnông Gar: in northwestern and southern Lak Lake.

Lâm Đồng Province

Mnông Nong: in and Đắk Min District

Đắk Nông District

Mnông Kuênh: in

Krông Pắk District

Mnông Pré: mainly in and Đắk Min District, and a few at Lak Lake.

Đắk Nông District

Mnông Prâng: scattered in and Đắk Min District, and a few in southern Lak Lake and in Bản Đon, Ea Súp District.

Đắk Nông District

Mnông Rlăm: in . Many have close relationships with the Ê-đê people.

Lắk District

Mnông Bu-đâng: in Bản Đon,

Ea Súp District

Mnông Chỉl: in . Many have close relationships with the Ê-đê people. Some also live in Lạc Dương District and Đức Trọng District of Lâm Đồng Province.

Lắk District

Mnông Bu Nor: in and Đắk Min District

Đắk Nông District

Mnông Dih Bri: very small population in ; Êa Krông.

Đắk Nông District

Mnông Đíp: and the northern part of former Sông Bé Province.

Đắk Min District

Mnông Biat: small population in former . Majority living around the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

Sông Bé Province

Mnông Bu Đêh: in former and Đắk Lắk Province

Sông Bé Province

Mnông Si Tô: a group of (Mạ Tô) people in Đắk Nông District who have become assimilated into the Mnông population ("Mnông-ized" Mạ people)

Mạ

Mnông K’ah: a group of people scattered across Đắk Nông District, Lắk District, and M'Đrăk District who have become assimilated into the Mnông population ("Mnông-ized" Ê-đê people)

Ê-đê

Mnông Phê Đâm: small population living only in Quảng Tín , Đắk Nông District.

commune

According to Ethnologue, four major dialects exist: Central, Eastern and Southern Mnong (all spoken in Vietnam), and Kraol (spoken in Cambodia). Within a dialect group, members do not understand other dialects. The Mnong language was studied first by the linguist Richard Phillips in the early 1970s.[3][4]


Lê, et al. (2014:234-235)[5] lists the following subgroups of Mnong and their respective locations.


Other minor Mnong ethnic groups include the Mnông Rơ Đe, Mnông R’Ông, and Mnông K’Ziêng.


Nguyễn & Trương (2009) cover the following M'Nông dialects.

Implosives /ʄ, ɠ/ may vary across dialects.

[6]

Mnong at www.peoplesoftheworld.org