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Mon-Khmer Language Family

The speakers of languages of the Mon-Khmer family live in the area of southeastern Asia from the Khasi people in Assam, India on the west to Vietnamese on the east. There are also the Mon people of what is now southern Myanmar (Burma).

There are nine members of the family:

The Mon-Khmer Language Family
LanguageLocationNumber of
Speakers
(millions)
Chararcteristics
MonicMyanmar
Thailand
KhmerCambodia
Thailand
Vietnam
Laos
8nontonal, SVO
VietnameseVietnam
Cambodia
80tonal
Pearicwestern Cambodia
eastern Thailand
BahnaricVietnam
Laos
Cambodia
KhmuicLaos
Thailand
China
PalaungicMyanmar
China
Thailand
KhasiAssam, India
KatuicVietnam
Laos
Cambodia

(To be continued.)


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