Mel-Khaonh language

Summary

Mel and Khaonh constitute a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.

Mel-Khaonh
Native toCambodia
Native speakers
4,000 (2016)[1]
Austroasiatic
Dialects
  • Mel
  • Khaonh
Language codes
ISO 639-3hkn
Glottologmelk1242

Kraol, Thmon, Khaonh, and Mel all have about 70% lexical similarity with Stieng, a Southern Bahnaric language (Barr & Pawley 2013:32).

Mel is spoken in the following villages of Kratié Province, Cambodia (Barr & Pawley 2013).

Khaonh is spoken in the following villages of Kratié Province, Cambodia (Barr & Pawley 2013).

References edit

  1. ^ Mel-Khaonh at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)  

Sources edit

  • Barr, Julie and Eric Pawley. 2013. Bahnaric Language Cluster survey of Mondul Kiri and Kratie Provinces, Cambodia. SIL International.