Mnong language

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Mnong
Spoken in: Vietnam, Cambodia and USA 
Region: throughout Tây Nguyên region, especially in Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng, Đắk Nông and Bình Phước provinces; Mondulkiri in Cambodia
Total speakers: 120,000
Language family: Austro-Asiatic
 Mon-Khmer
  Eastern Mon-Khmer
   Bahnaric
    Central Bahnaric
     South-Central Bahnaric
      South Bahnaric
       Mnong
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: mkh
ISO/FDIS 639-3: variously:
cmo — Central Mnong
mng — Eastern Mnong
mnn — Southern Mnong

The Mnong language is the language spoken by the different groups of Mnong in Vietnam. Three groups exist called Central, Eastern and Southern Mnong, who do not understand each others dialects. The language was studied first by the linguist Richard Phillips in the early 1970s.

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