Bahnar language
| Bahnar | |
|---|---|
| Bana | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
| Ethnicity | Bahnar people |
Native speakers | (160,000 in Viet Nam cited 1999 census)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bdq |
| Glottolog | bahn1262 |
The Bahnar language is a Central Bahnaric language. It has nine vowel qualities and phonemic vowel length.
Subdivisions
Đào (1998)[2] lists the following subgroups of Bahnar and their respective locations.
- Bahnar Kon Tum: Kon Tum area
- Bahnar Jơlong: northeastern Kon Tum Province
- Bahnar Golar: northern Pleiku (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Tosung: Mang Yang District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Konkođe: An Khê District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Alatang: An Khê District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Alakông: K'Bang District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Tolo: Kông Chro District and southern An Khê District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Bơnâm: eastern An Khê District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Roh: scattered areas in An Khê District and K'Bang District (Gia Lai Province)
- Bahnar Krem: Vĩnh Thạnh District and An Lão District (Bình Định Province)
- Bahnar Chăm: Vân Canh District (Bình Định Province)
- Bahnar But: forest areas; little communication with outsiders
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Bahnar.
- Tolo
- Golar
- Alakong (A-La Cong)
- Jolong (Gio-Lang, Y-Lang)
- Bahnar Bonom (Bomam)
- Kontum
- Krem
References
- ^ Bahnar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Đào Huy Quyền. 1998. Nhạc khí dân tộc Jrai và Bahnar [Musical instruments of the Jrai and Bahnar]. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản trẻ.