Bahnaric

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Bahnaric is a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia by various indigenous ethnic groups.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Bahnaric languages 3
Bahnar language 2
Bahnaric canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language subgroup
language branch
classificationStatus well-established subgroup within Austroasiatic
geographicDistribution Central Highlands of Vietnam
linked to: Tây Nguyên

northeastern Cambodia
southern Laos
hasEthnicGroup Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnar

Koho people
Mnong people
Sedang people
Stieng people
hasFeature many languages are minority and under-documented
significant internal diversity among member languages
hasLanguage Alak
Bahnar
Hre
Jruʼ
Katuic-border varieties
Koho
Mnong
linked to: M'Nông

Sedang
Sre
Stieng
hasResearchField comparative-historical linguistics
hasSubgroup Central Bahnaric
North Bahnaric
South Bahnaric
languageFamily Austroasiatic
partOf Austroasiatic language family
linked to: Austroasiatic
region Mainland Southeast Asia
relatedTo Mon-Khmer languages
linked to: Mon-Khmer
riskStatus several member languages are endangered
spokenBy indigenous ethnic groups in Cambodia
indigenous ethnic groups in Laos
indigenous ethnic groups in Vietnam
spokenIn Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
studiedBy Austroasiatic linguists
subfamilyOf Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic
typologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some languages
monosyllabic or sesquisyllabic word structure in many languages
rich consonant inventories in many languages
usedIn oral traditions of Central Highland ethnic groups
writingSystem Latin-based orthographies for several member languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mon-Khmer hasSubfamily Bahnaric
Mon-Khmer hasLanguage Bahnar language
linked to: Bahnaric
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnaric languages
linked to: Bahnaric
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Khmeric
linked to: Bahnaric
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnaric
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Bahnar language
linked to: Bahnaric
Montagnard highland peoples ethnicGroupIncludes Bahnar people
linked to: Bahnaric
Kontum localLanguages Bahnaric languages
linked to: Bahnaric
Nghe An Province ethnicGroups Khmu
linked to: Bahnaric
Vietic languages relatedTo Bahnaric languages
linked to: Bahnaric