The Khmuic languages / k ə ˈ m uː ɪ k / are a branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken mostly in northern Laos , as well as in neighboring northern Vietnam and southern Yunnan , China. Khmu is the only widely spoken language in the group.
7-545: Paul Sidwell (2015) suggests that the Khmuic Urheimat (homeland) was in what is now Oudomxay Province , northern Laos. The Khmuic languages are: Similarly, Phuoc (Xinh Mul) and Kháng are also sometimes classified as Mangic , and Kháng is classified as Palaungic by Diffloth. Bumang , formerly classified as Khmuic, is classified as a Palaungic language by Paul Sidwell . Jerold A. Edmondson considers it to be most closely related to Khang . Also, Quang Lam
14-424: A dialect of Khmu': Chazée (1999), citing Diffloth & Proschan (1989), has the following: However, Gérard Diffloth now considers Pramic (i.e., all Khmuic languages except for Khmu ) to be a separate Austroasiatic branch that has come under heavy influence from Khmu. Ilia Peiros (Peiros 2004:39) gives the following classification: Based on developments of Proto-Khmuic *aː₁, Paul Sidwell (2014) classifies
21-489: Is a poorly attested language in Vietnam that is closely related to Kháng or Bit . ( See Bit–Khang languages ) Khmuic language history and diversity are currently being researched by Nathaniel Hiroz. The interrelationships of these languages are uncertain. Ethnologue 19 classifies them as follows: A provisional classification at SEALang keeps Mal–Phrai, but connects Khao with Khang instead of with Bit, treats Khuen as
28-696: The historical linguistics of the Austroasiatic language family , and has published reconstructions of the Austroasiatic , Bahnaric , Katuic , Palaungic , Khasic , and Nicobaric proto-languages. Sidwell is currently the President of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) and also regularly organises the International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL). In 2001, Sidwell
35-819: The Center for Research in Computational Linguistics at Bangkok , and from 2012 to 2016 an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Australian National University, working on the Austroasiatic Lexicon Project. For the rest of 2016 he rejoined the Center for Research in Computational Linguistics, Bangkok, as a Consulting Linguist on the DARPA/LORELEI Project. Since 2017 he has been a Partner at Language Intelligence, and in 2017/2018
42-597: The Khmuic languages as follows. The developments of Proto-Khmuic *aː₁ according to Sidwell (2014) are: Paul Sidwell Paul James Sidwell is an Australian linguist based in Canberra , Australia who has held research and lecturing positions at the Australian National University . Sidwell, who is also an expert and consultant in forensic linguistics , is most notable for his work on
49-636: Was appointed as a Collaborating Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , Leipzig . From 2001 to 2004, he was an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University , remaining there from 2005 to 2007 as a Visiting Research Fellow, funded by the Max Planck Institute. From 2007 to 2011 he was Director of the Mon-Khmer Language Project at
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