Kháng language
Appearance
Kháng | |
---|---|
Mang U’ | |
Native to | Khang |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2009 census)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kjm – inclusive codeIndividual code: xao – Khao |
Glottolog | khan1274 |
ELP | Kháng |
Kháng (
Austroasiatic language of Vietnam.[2] It is closely related to the Bumang language of southern Yunnan
, China.
Classification
Jerold Edmondson (2010) suggests it is Khmuic
.
Kháng is most closely related to Bumang (Edmondson 2010).
Distribution
Kháng speakers are an officially recognized ethnic group in Vietnam,[4]
and officially numbered 10,272 in 1999.
The Kháng are distributed in the following districts of northwest Vietnam in
Lai Châu Province:[5]
- Sơn La Province(along the Black River)
- Thuận Châu(including Bản Ná Lai village)
- Quỳnh Nhai
- Mường La
- Lai Châu Province
- Phong Thổ
- Mường Tè
- Than Uyên
- Điện Biên Province
- Mường Lay (alternatively Mường Chà)
- Tuần Giáo
Tạ (2021) contains a phonology and word list of the Kháng dialect of Nậm Mu village, Phình Sáng commune, Tuần Giáo district, Điện Biên province.[6]
References
- ^ Kháng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Khao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- ^ Sidwell, Paul. 2014. "Khmuic classification and homeland Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine". Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1:47-56
- ^ "Documenting and Preserving the Khang Language in Vietnam". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Edmondson, Jerold A. (2010). "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)" (PDF). In McElhanon, Kenneth A.; Reesink, Ger (eds.). A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin. SIL e-Books. SIL International, Dallas. p. 140.
- ISSN 1836-6821. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
Further reading
- Dao, Jie 刀洁. 2007. Bumang yu yanjiu 布芒语研究 [A study of Bumang]. Beijing: Minzu University.
- Ferlus, Michel. 1996. Langues et peuples viet-muong [Viet-Muong languages and peoples]. Mon-Khmer Studies Journal (MKS) 26. 7–28
- Mikami, Naomitsu. 2003. "A Khang phonology and wordlist." Reports on Minority Languages in Mainland Southeast Asia, ed. by Ueda Hiromi, 1–42. Endangered Languages of the Pacific Rim. Osaka: Faculty of Informatics, Osaka Gakuin University.
- Schliesinger, Joachim. 1998. Hill tribes of Vietnam. Vol. Vol. 2. 2 vols. Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd.
- Tạ, Quang Tùng. 2023. Ngữ âm tiếng Kháng và phương án chữ viết cho người Kháng ở Việt Nam. Thái Nguyên: Nhà xuất bản đại học Thái Nguyên.
- Thông Tấn Xã Việt Nam [Vietnam News Agency]. 2006. Việt Nam Hình Ảnh Cộng Dồng 54 Dân Tộc [Vietnam Image of the Community of 54 Ethnic Groups]. Hanoi: The Vna Publishing House.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221448/http://cema.gov.vn/modules.php?name=Content&op=details&mid=508
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F5-2@view Khang in RWAAI Digital Archive