Mel language

Mel
Mel
Native to	Cambodia
Native speakers	(2,100 cited 1996)[citation needed]
Language family	Austroasiatic Bahnaric (unclassified) Mel; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

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

Srae Tahaen, Sambok commune, Kratié District
Ou Krieng, Ou Krieng Commune, Sambour District

References

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

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