Man Met language explained

Man Met
Also Known As:	Kemie
States:	China
Region:	Southwest Yunnan
Speakers:	900
Date:	1990
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	Austro-Asiatic
Fam2:	Khasi–Palaungic
Fam3:	Palaungic
Fam4:	Angkuic
Lc2:	kfj
Ld2:	Kemie (duplicate code)
Lc1:	mml
Ld1:	Man Met
Glotto:	kemi1240
Glottoname:	Kemiehua
Glotto2:	manm1238
Glottoname2:	Man Met

Man Met, or Kemie (Kemiehua), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, China. It is classified as an Angkuic language by Paul Sidwell (2010). It may be or Mangic according to Li Yunbing (2005),^[1] or Palaungic. Like most other Austroasiatic languages, Kemie has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.

Autonyms include pronounced as /man13 met53/ (曼咪), pronounced as /kʰɤ31 met53/ (克蔑), and pronounced as /kʰɤ31 miŋ33/ (克敏), or khaʔ33 min33.

Distribution

Kemie is spoken in the following villages by just over 1,000 people.

• Jinghong Township (景洪镇)
  • Xiaomanmi (小曼咪村, 58 households, 256 persons)^[2]
  • Damanmi (大曼咪村, 53 households, 234 persons)^[3]
  • Jiangtou Manmi (江头曼咪村, 33 households, 124 persons)^[4]
• Manmi (曼咪村, man13 met53) of Gadong Township (嘎东乡, 51 households, 228 persons)^[5]
• Sanjia (三家村) of Mengyang Township (勐养镇, 46 households, 200 persons)^[6]

Further reading

• Book: Chen, Guoqing 陈国庆 . Kèmièyǔ yánjiū . 2005 . Minzu chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:克蔑语研究 . A Study of Kemie.
• Book: Gao, Yongqi 高永奇 . Bùxìngyǔ yánjiū . 2004 . Minzu chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:布兴语研究 . A Study of Buxing.
• Book: Yan, Qixiang 颜其香 . Zhōngguó Mèng-Gāomián yǔzú yǔyán yǔ nányǎ yǔxì . Zhou . Zhizhi 周植志 . 2012 . Shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:中国孟高棉语族语言与南亚语系 . Mon-Khmer Languages of China and the Austroasiatic Family.

External links

• http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F9-9@view Man Met in RWAAI Digital Archive

Notes and References

1. Book: Li, Yunbing 李云兵 . Bùgēngyǔ yánjiū . 2005 . Minzu chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:布赓语研究 . A Study of Bugeng [Bugan].
2. Web site: Jǐnghóng Shì Yǔnjǐnghóng Jiēdào Bànshìchù Màngēlóng Cūnwěihuì Xiǎomànmī . zh:景洪市允景洪街道办事处曼戈龙村委会小曼咪 . Xiaomanmi, Mangelong Village Committee, Yunjinghong Sub-district Office, Jinghong City . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000102/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=229052 . 2016-03-05 . 2013-02-21 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
3. Web site: Jǐnghóng Shì Yǔnjǐnghóng Jiēdào Bànshìchù Màngēlóng Cūnwěihuì Dàmànmī . zh:景洪市允景洪街道办事处曼戈龙村委会大曼咪 . Damanmi, Mangelong Village Committee, Yunjinghong Sub-district Office, Jinghong City . dead . https://archive.today/20130407154500/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=229051 . 2013-04-07 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
4. Web site: Jǐnghóng Shì Yǔnjǐnghóng Jiēdào Bànshìchù Màngēlóng Cūnwěihuì Jiāngtóu Mànmī . zh:景洪市允景洪街道办事处曼戈龙村委会江头曼咪 . Jiangtou Manmi, Mangelong Village Committee, Yunjinghong Sub-district Office, Jinghong City . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094626/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=229053 . 2016-03-05 . 2013-02-21 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
5. Web site: Jǐnghóng Shì Gāsǎ Zhèn Mànmài Cūnwěihuì Mànmī Cūn . zh:景洪市嘎洒镇曼迈村委会曼咪村 . Manmi Village, Manmai Village Committee, Gasa Town, Jinghong City . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044922/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=227643 . 2016-03-05 . 2013-02-21 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.
6. Web site: Jǐnghóng Shì Měngyǎng Zhèn Mànjǐngkǎn Cūnwěihuì Sānjiā Cūn . zh:景洪市勐养镇曼景坎村委会三家村 . Sanjia Village, Manjingkan Village Committee, Mengyang Town, Jinghong City . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305233636/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=201718 . 2016-03-05 . 2013-02-21 . ynszxc.gov.cn . zh.