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Meaning of "Mon-Khmer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MON-KHMER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MON-KHMER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mon-Khmer can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MON-KHMER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Austroasiatic languages

The Austroasiatic languages, in recent classifications synonymous with Mon–Khmer, are a large language family of continental Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout India, Bangladesh, and the southern border of China. The name Austroasiatic comes from the Latin words for "south" and "Asia", hence "South Asia". Among these languages, only Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon have a long-established recorded history, and only Vietnamese and Khmer have official status. The rest of the languages are spoken by minority groups. Ethnologue identifies 168 Austroasiatic languages. These form thirteen established families, which have traditionally been grouped into two, as Mon–Khmer and Munda. However, one recent classification posits three groups while another has abandoned Mon–Khmer as a taxon altogether, making it synonymous with the larger family. Austroasiatic languages have a disjunct distribution across India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia, separated by regions where other languages are spoken.

Definition of Mon-Khmer in the English dictionary

The definition of Mon-Khmer in the dictionary is a family of languages spoken chiefly in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Assam; probably a member of the Austro-Asiatic phylum. Other definition of Mon-Khmer is of or belonging to this family of languages.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MON-KHMER

Mommsen
mommy
mommy makeover
mommy track
momoir
Momus
Mon
Mon.
mona
Mona Lisa
Mona Passage
Monacan
monachal
monachism
monacid
monacidic
Monaco

WORDS THAT END LIKE MON-KHMER

comer
consumer
customer
disclaimer
farmer
former
gamer
hammer
homer
hummer
Khmer
palmer
performer
primer
programmer
summer
the former
timer
transformer
Zimmer

Synonyms and antonyms of Mon-Khmer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Mon-Khmer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MON-KHMER

Find out the translation of Mon-Khmer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Mon-Khmer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Mon-Khmer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

孟高棉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mon - Khmer
570 millions of speakers

English

Mon-Khmer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सोमवार खमेर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من الاثنين إلى الخمير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пн - кхмерской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mon- Khmer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সোম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mon-Khmer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mon-Khmer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モン·クメール語族
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

월 - 크메르어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Môn-Khmer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pazartesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mon - Khmer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mon - Khmer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пн - кхмерської
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mon - Khmer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mon - Khmer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Mon - Khmer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mån- Khmer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mon- Khmer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Mon-Khmer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MON-KHMER»

The term «Mon-Khmer» is normally little used and occupies the 118.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MON-KHMER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mon-Khmer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MON-KHMER»

Discover the use of Mon-Khmer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Mon-Khmer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World
Another sense of Mon-Khmer excludes Nicobarese, while a further interpretation excludes both the Nicobarese and the Aslian branches. This latter one is the understanding of the term 'Mon- Khmer' relevant for this article. Within this ...
‎2010
2
Morphology and Language History: In Honour of Harold Koch
ISSUES IN THE MORPHOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-MON- KHMER PAUL SIDWELL Australian National University, and Centre for Research in Computational Linguistics (Bangkok) 1. Introduction1 The honouree of this ...
Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, Luisa Miceli, 2008
3
Austroasiatic Languages: Essays in Honour of H.L. Shorto
G. Diffloth Thirteen years ago, H.L. Shorto pointed to the vowel system of Proto- Mon-Khmer as being the 'crux' in the historical phonology of this family (Shorto 1976). His assessment remains as valid today as it was then, even though some  ...
Jeremy H. C. S. Davidson, H. L. Shorto, 1991
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A Guide to the World's Languages: Classification
At about the same time J. R. Logan and F. Mason pointed out similarities between Munda languages and languages farther east belonging to what is now called the Mon-Khmer family; Logan also called attention to resemblances between ...
Merritt Ruhlen, 1991
5
Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and Grammar of Language ...
Ahom (Tai) 61 Alak (Mon-Khmer) 64, 67, 72, 333, 342-5, 347, 349, 366 Assamese (Indo-Aryan) 59 Austroasiatic languages 48-9, 63, 365 (see also Mon- Khmer languages) Austronesian languages 47-8, 50 Bahnar (Mon-Khmer) 345 Bahnaric ...
N.J. Enfield, 2013
6
Cambodia
Mon-Khmer is a generic term for a wide group of languages and dialects that are spoken by different cultures across Southeast Asia. Khmer, spoken by some 12 million Cambodians, is the most widely spoken Mon-Khmer language. The next ...
Sean Sheehan, Barbara Cooke, 2006
7
A Grammar of Semelai
Pater W. Schmidt is recognised as 'discovering' the Austroasiatic family. He grouped the Munda languages, Khasi, and the Nicobar, Palaung-Wa, Mon- Khmer, Malacca (Aslian) and Cham languages into an 'Austroasiatischer Sprachstamm' .
Nicole Kruspe, 2004
8
Vietnam: A Natural History
population Geographical Map al name size distribution Language group key i 137,000 Central Mon Khmer 42 1,450 North Tay-Thai 4 250 Central Mon Khmer 37 ran Kieu 40,000 Central Mon Khmer 31 i 99,000 Central, some South Malayo  ...
Eleanor Jane Sterling, Martha Maud Hurley, Le Duc Minh, 2008
9
The Origins of Chinese Civilization
AUSTRO-ASIATIC (MON-KHMER) The presence in prehistoric times of Tibeto- Burmans in Shensi and northern Szechwan, Miao-Yaos in the Yangtze valley, and Tais farther south from eastern Yunnan to Kwangtung and stretching down into ...
David N. Keightley, 1983
10
Bibliographie Linguistique de L'anne 2000/Linguistic ...
Southern Mon-KhmerMon-khmer du Sud 19660 [Gaphos, Adamantios I.] Gafos, Adamantios I.: Correspondence in Temiar : no need for long-distance spreading here. — [464], 115-131. - Kawu, Ahmadu Ndanusa: Structural markedness ...
Sijmen Tol, Hella Olbertz, Mark Janse, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MON-KHMER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Mon-Khmer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Change mindset, world view
... Langkasuka, Gangga Negara, Old Kelantan, Negara Sri Dharmaraja, Malayu and Srivijaya, and the later Cham and Mon-Khmer settlers. «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
2
Myanmar Rebels Declared Unilat
These include the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), which represents the Palaung, an ethnic Mon-Khmer people in northern Shan State ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
3
From tea leaves to opium
For centuries, the mostly Buddhist group — who belong to the Mon-Khmer ethnolinguistic family — subsisted by growing tea in the hilly reaches ... «ucanews, Jun 15»
4
MYANMAR REBELS DECLARED UNILAT... THE CITIZEN BUREAU
These include the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), which represents the Palaung, an ethnic Mon-Khmer people in northern Shan State ... «Google, Jun 15»
5
Jammu researcher to document 'Mon-Khmer' language
Jammu-born researcher and volunteer of the Gandhi Global Family (GGF), Udita Sawhney, has been selected among 12 researchers from ... «GreaterKashmir.com, May 15»
6
Inhabitants in Vietnam's Mekong Delta two thousand years ago
Ethnic Malays and Indonesians, who were good at trade, and Mon-Khmer skilled at farming began occupying the area. They came from Dong ... «Tuoitrenews, May 15»
7
Budha Kamei *
When the Zeliangrong people came to the present habitat (Manipur), it was not inhabited by any people. The Austric, Negrito and Mon-Khmer ... «E-Pao.net, Apr 15»
8
Origin, migration and settlement: The Zeliangrong of NE
The Austric, Negrito and Mon-Khmer people, who might have occupied this land or wandered through, did so, long before they came to this ... «The Sangai Express, Apr 15»
9
Globalisation spells the death of minority cultures
That wasn't surprising. After all, it is the official language of China, but the country is lush with others, from the 1½-syllable words of Mon-Khmer ... «South China Morning Post, Mar 15»
10
Meghalaya move for 8th Schedule status to Khasi language
A branch of the Mon-Khmer family of Austro-Asiatic stock, Khasi language was first written in the Bengali script in 1813, with the first printed ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mon-Khmer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mon-khmer>. May 2024 ».
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