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(Redirected from Ksinmul language) Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos and Vietnam
Ksingmul
Puoc
Xinh Mun
Native toVietnam, Laos
EthnicityKsingmul people
Native speakers(27,000 cited 1999 & 2005 censuses)
Language familyAustroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3puo
Glottologpuoc1238

Ksingmul (Ksing Mul, Puoc, Vietnamese: Xinh Mun, Chinese: 欣门语) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Ksingmul people of Vietnam and Laos.

Varieties

Jerold Edmondson (2010: 144), citing Đặng Nghiêm Vạn, et al. (1972: 254 ff.), lists 3 major varieties of Ksingmul. Ksingmul Nghệt is the most conservative variety.

Phonology

Source:

Ksingmul Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Stop plain p t c k ʔ
aspirated
voiced b d g
Fricative plain s h
voiced
Approximant w l
Ksingmul Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Diphthong ɨə
Mid ə o
Open-mid ɛ ɔː
Open ä

All monophthongs can be long or short, apart from /ɔː/ which can only be long.

References

  1. Ksingmul at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Dmitry Nikolaev. 2019. Ksingmul sound inventory (EA). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)
  • Edmondson, Jerold A. 2010. "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)." In Kenneth A. McElhanon and Ger Reesink, A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin, 138–154. SIL e-Books, 19. : SIL International. http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9267

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