Ksingmul language explained

Ksingmul
Also Known As:Puoc
Nativename:Xinh Mun
States:Vietnam, Laos
Ethnicity:Ksingmul people
Date:1999 & 2005 censuses
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austro-Asiatic
Fam2:Khmuic
Iso3:puo
Glotto:puoc1238
Glottorefname:Ksingmul

Ksingmul (Ksing Mul, Puoc, Vietnamese: Xinh Mun,) 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[1]

!Labial!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Stoppronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
pronounced as /link/
Approximantpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Ksingmul Vowels!!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Diphthongɨə
Midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Open-midpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Openpronounced as /link/
All monophthongs can be long or short, apart from /ɔː/ which can only be long.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Dmitry Nikolaev. 2019. Ksingmul sound inventory (EA).

    In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel (eds.)