Ten'edn

Maniq
Maniq
Tonga
Ten'edn
Native to	Thailand, Malaysia
Ethnicity	Maniq people
Native speakers	370 (2014)
Language family	Austroasiatic Aslian Jahaic Maniq; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tnz
Glottolog	tong1308
ELP	Maniq

The Maniq language Ten'edn, known in some of the previous literature as Tonga, is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language of Thailand and Malaya. It goes by the name Mos in Thailand, which it shares with Kensiu. (The name Maniq is also shared with Kensiu.)

According to Benjamin (2011), Maniq (Məniʔ, Maniʔ) can refer to the following three or more speech varieties.

Tonga' (Toŋaʔ)
Mos (Mɔs)
Teanean (Ten'en, Tɛnʔɛn, Tean-ean)

References

^ Maniq at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Peterson, Mary M. 2012. Notes on Ten-edn (Tonga-Mos) and Kensiw Borrowings. Mon Khmer Studies 40:19-35.

External links

Benjamin, Geoffrey. 2011. The current situation of the Aslian languages. m.s.
http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-66FA-7@view Maniq in RWAAI Digital Archive

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[e18-1] Maniq at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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