Ksingmul language

Ksingmul
Puoc
Xinh Mun
Native to	Vietnam, Laos
Ethnicity	Ksingmul people
Native speakers	(27,000 cited 1999 & 2005 censuses)
Language family	Austroasiatic Khmuic Ksingmul
Language codes
ISO 639-3	puo
Glottolog	puoc1238

Ksingmul (Ksing Mul, Puoc, Vietnamese: Xinh Mun, Chinese: 欣门语) 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.

• Ksingmul Nghệt: Nà Nghệt Village, Xiêng Khọ District, Sầm Nưa Province (Houaphan Province), Laos
• Ksingmul Dạ: Chiềng On Village, Yên Châu District, Sơn La Province, Vietnam
• Ksingmul Đồng

Phonology

Source:

Ksingmul Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	plain	p	t	c	k	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
	voiced	b	d		g
Fricative	plain		s			h
	voiced		zʲ
Approximant		w	l

Ksingmul Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Diphthong	iə	ɨə	uə
Mid		ə	o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔː
Open		ä

All monophthongs can be long or short, apart from /ɔː/ which can only be long.

References

• Edmondson, Jerold A. 2010. "The Kháng language of Vietnam in comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-mun)." In Kenneth A. McElhanon and Ger Reesink, A Mosaic of languages and cultures: studies celebrating the career of Karl J. Franklin, 138–154. SIL e-Books, 19. [Dallas]: SIL International. http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/9267

External links

• http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
• http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9380-C@view Ksingmul in RWAAI Digital Archive