Mel-Khaonh language

Khaonh
Native to	Cambodia
Native speakers	743 (2008)
Language family	Austroasiatic Bahnaric South? Khaonh
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Khaonh is a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia. It is closely related to Mel.

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

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

• Chhok, Thmei commune, Kratié District
• Khnach, Thmei commune, Kratié District
• Kosang, Changkrang commune, Kratié District

Further Reading

http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2016-008&lang=hkn

References

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