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Mel-Khaonh language

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

Mel and Khaonh constitute a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.

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

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

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