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|speakers2=Vietnam: 20,000 (1970)<br>Cambodia: 6,541 (2008)<ref name=NIS2008>[http://celade.cepal.org/khmnis/census/khm2008/ Cambodian Government National Institute of Statistics 2008 Census]</ref>
|speakers2=Vietnam: 50,194 (2009)<ref name=GSOVN>[http://www.gso.gov.vn/default_en.aspx?tabid=514&idmid=5 General Statistics Office of Vietnam 2009 Census]</ref><br>Cambodia: 6,541 (2008)<ref name=NIS2008>[http://celade.cepal.org/khmnis/census/khm2008/ Cambodian Government National Institute of Statistics 2008 Census]</ref>
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'''Stieng''' ({{IPA|/stiə̯ŋ/}}, Vietnamese: Xtiêng, Khmer: ស្ទៀង) is the language of the [[Stieng people]] of southern [[Vietnam]] and adjacent areas of [[Cambodia]]. Along with [[Chrau language|Chrau]] and [[Mnong language|Mnong]], Stieng is classified as a language of the the South [[Bahnaric languages|Bahnaric]] grouping of the [[Mon-Khmer languages]] within the [[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]] language family. In the Austro-Asiatic scheme, the Bahnaric languages are often cited as being most closely related to the [[Khmer language]].
'''Stieng''' ({{IPA|/stiə̯ŋ/}}, Vietnamese: Xtiêng, Khmer: ស្ទៀង) is the language of the [[Stieng people]] of southern [[Vietnam]] and adjacent areas of [[Cambodia]]. Along with [[Chrau language|Chrau]] and [[Mnong language|Mnong]], Stieng is classified as a language of the the South [[Bahnaric languages|Bahnaric]] grouping of the [[Mon-Khmer languages]] within the [[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]] language family. In the Austro-Asiatic scheme, the Bahnaric languages are often cited as being most closely related to the [[Khmer language]].


There are noted dialects of Stieng, some of which may not be mutually intelligible. However, due to the lack of widely available research, this article will primarily describe the dialect known as Bulo Stieng spoken in the provinces of [[Binh Phuoc]], [[Lam Dong]], [[Tay Ninh]] in southwestern Vietnam and [[Kratie Province|Kratie]] (Snuol District) and [[Mondulkiri Province|Mondulkiri]] provinces in adjacent areas of eastern Cambodia. Estimates of the number of speakers vary from as high as 30,000<ref name=Haupers>Haupers, Ralph. "Stieng Phonemes." The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal. 3. (1969): 131-137.</ref> to only 6060.<ref name=ethnologue>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sti Ethnologue]</ref>
There are noted dialects of Stieng, some of which may not be mutually intelligible. However, due to the lack of widely available research, this article will primarily describe the dialect known as Bulo Stieng spoken in the provinces of [[Binh Phuoc]], [[Lam Dong]], [[Tay Ninh]] in southwestern Vietnam and [[Kratie Province|Kratie]] (Snuol District) and [[Mondulkiri Province|Mondulkiri]] provinces in adjacent areas of eastern Cambodia.<ref name=Haupers>Haupers, Ralph. "Stieng Phonemes." The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal. 3. (1969): 131-137.</ref><ref name=ethnologue>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sti Ethnologue]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:58, 12 February 2012

Stieng
Native toVietnam Vietnam
Cambodia Cambodia
Native speakers
56,735 (2008)
Vietnam: 50,194 (2009)[1]
Cambodia: 6,541 (2008)[2]
Austroasiatic
Khmer, Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3sti

Stieng (/stiə̯ŋ/, Vietnamese: Xtiêng, Khmer: ស្ទៀង) is the language of the Stieng people of southern Vietnam and adjacent areas of Cambodia. Along with Chrau and Mnong, Stieng is classified as a language of the the South Bahnaric grouping of the Mon-Khmer languages within the Austro-Asiatic language family. In the Austro-Asiatic scheme, the Bahnaric languages are often cited as being most closely related to the Khmer language.

There are noted dialects of Stieng, some of which may not be mutually intelligible. However, due to the lack of widely available research, this article will primarily describe the dialect known as Bulo Stieng spoken in the provinces of Binh Phuoc, Lam Dong, Tay Ninh in southwestern Vietnam and Kratie (Snuol District) and Mondulkiri provinces in adjacent areas of eastern Cambodia.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ General Statistics Office of Vietnam 2009 Census
  2. ^ Cambodian Government National Institute of Statistics 2008 Census
  3. ^ Diffloth, Gérard 2005. "The contribution of linguistic palaeontology and Austroasiatic". in Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, eds. The Peopling of East Asia: Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics. 77–80. London: Routledge Curzon.
  4. ^ Haupers, Ralph. "Stieng Phonemes." The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal. 3. (1969): 131-137.
  5. ^ Ethnologue