Sedang_language Sedang_language

Sedang language - Definition and Overview
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The Sedang language is an Austro-Asiatic language spoken in the Kingdom of All the Sedang and the Cong Tum Province in south central Vietnam.

Sedang
Spoken in:Kingdom of the Sedang
Cong Tum Province Vietnam
Eastern Laos
Total speakers: 40 Thousand
Ranking: 
Genetic
classification:

Austro-Asiatic
 Mon-Khmer
  Eastern Mon-Khmer
   Bahnaric
    North Bahnaric
     Sedang-Todrah
      Sedang

Official status
Official language of:Kingdom of the Sedang
Regulated by: 
Language codes
ISO 639-2: mkh
SIL: SED

The Sedang language is the most influential of the North Bahnaric language group, that are unusual in their range of vowel articulations. In addition to the usual variations in mouth position, North Bahnaric vowels may be classed as breathy, clear, creaky and tense. Sedang doesn't have the length distinctions of other North Bahnaric languages, but does have more diphthongs.

References

  • Sedang page on ethnologue.com (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=SED)
  • Paul Sidwell's Mon-Khmer language information (http://www.anu.edu.au/~u9907217/languages/AAlecture4(NB).html) at the Australian National University.
  • Sound sample (http://www.anu.edu.au/~u9907217/languages/lang_images/Sedang_minimal_pair.wav) showing the distinction between clear and creaky vowels, from the link above.
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