Man Met Language
Man Met, or Kemie (Chinese: 克蔑话 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), or Palaungic. Like most other Austroasiatic languages, Kemie has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.
| Man Met | |
|---|---|
| Kemie | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Southwest Yunnan |
Native speakers | (900 cited 1990) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mml – Man Metkfj – Kemie (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | kemi1240 Kemiehuamanm1238 Man Met |
| ELP | Man Met |
Autonyms include man13 met53 (曼咪), kʰɤ31 met53 (克蔑), and 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)
- Damanmi (大曼咪村, 53 households, 234 persons)
- Jiangtou Manmi (江头曼咪村, 33 households, 124 persons)
- Manmi (曼咪村, man13 met53) of Gadong Township (嘎东乡, 51 households, 228 persons)
- Sanjia (三家村) of Mengyang Township (勐养镇, 46 households, 200 persons)
References
Further reading
- Chen, Guoqing 陈国庆 (2005). Kèmièyǔ yánjiū 克蔑语研究 [A Study of Kemie] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- Gao, Yongqi 高永奇 (2004). Bùxìngyǔ yánjiū 布兴语研究 [A Study of Buxing] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- Yan, Qixiang 颜其香; Zhou, Zhizhi 周植志 (2012). Zhōngguó Mèng-Gāomián yǔzú yǔyán yǔ nányǎ yǔxì 中国孟高棉语族语言与南亚语系 [Mon-Khmer Languages of China and the Austroasiatic Family] (in Chinese). Beijing: Shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe.
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
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