Kim Mun language

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Kim Mun
Native toChina, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
Native speakers
(ca. 400,000 cited 1995–1999)[1]
Hmong–Mien
Official status
Official language in
 China (Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County)
Language codes
ISO 639-3mji
Glottologkimm1245

Kim Mun (

Hainan Province.[1]
There are also speakers in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

Iu Mien
and Kim Mun are similar to each other, having a lexical similarity percentage of 78%.

Distribution

In China, Kim Mun is spoken in the following counties (Mao 2004:304-305).[2]

Dao people belonging to the Quần Trắng, Thanh Y, and Áo Dài subgroups speak Kim Mun.[3]
Kim Mun speakers are also scattered across northern Laos.

Daniel Arisawa has performed fieldwork with an isolated speaker of Kim Mun (originally from Laos) in Lampang province, northern Thailand (along the border of Mae Mo district and Ngao district).[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kim Mun at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 1997. 巴哼语研究 / Baheng yu yan jiu (A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]). Shanghai: 上海远东出版社 / Shanghai yuan dong chu ban she.
  3. Tuyen Quang Province
    from p. 524-545]
  4. ^ Arisawa, Daniel. 2023. A preliminary phonological analysis of the dislocated Kim Mun in Lampang, Thailand. Chiang Mai: SEALS 32 conference presentation.

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