Mel-Khaonh language explained

Mel-Khaonh
States:Cambodia
Date:2016
Ref:e21
Familycolor:Austro-Asiatic
Fam2:Bahnaric
Fam3:Central
Fam4:South
Dia1:Mel
Dia2:Khaonh
Iso3:hkn
Glotto:melk1242

Mel and Khaonh constitute a Bahnaric language of northeastern Cambodia.

Kraol, Thmon, Khaonh, and Mel all have about 70% lexical similarity with Stieng, a Southern Bahnaric language (Barr & Pawley 2013:32).

Mel is spoken in the following villages of Kratié Province, Cambodia (Barr & Pawley 2013).

Khaonh is spoken in the following villages of Kratié Province, Cambodia (Barr & Pawley 2013).

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