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Kháng (Chinese: 抗语), also known as Mang U’, is an Austroasiatic language of Vietnam. It is closely related to the Bumang language of southern Yunnan, China.

Not to be confused with Tay Khang language.
Kháng
Mang U’
Native toVietnam
RegionSơn La and Lai Châu provinces
EthnicityKhang
Native speakers
14,000 (2009 census)[2]
Language family
Austroasiatic
  • Khasi–Palaungic
    • Palaungic
      • Bit–Khang
        • Kháng
Language codes
ISO 639-3kjm – inclusive code
Individual code:
xao – Khao[3]
Glottologkhan1274
ELPKháng

Classification


Paul Sidwell (2014)[4] classifies Khang as Palaungic, although Jerold Edmondson (2010) suggests it is Khmuic.

Kháng is most closely related to Bumang (Edmondson 2010).


Distribution


Kháng speakers are an officially recognized ethnic group in Vietnam,[5] and officially numbered 10,272 in 1999.

The Kháng are distributed in the following districts of northwest Vietnam in Sơn La Province and Lai Châu Province:[6]


References


  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Kháng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Khao[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  4. Sidwell, Paul. 2014. "Khmuic classification and homeland". Mon-Khmer Studies 43.1:47-56
  5. "Documenting and Preserving the Khang Language in Vietnam". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  6. Edmondson, Jerold A. (2010). "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)" (PDF). In McElhanon, Kenneth A.; Reesink, Ger (eds.). A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin. SIL e-Books. SIL International, Dallas. p. 140.

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