Bahnar | |
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Bana | |
Native to | Vietnam |
Ethnicity | Bahnar people |
Native speakers
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160,000 in Viet Nam (1999 census) |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | bahn1262 |
The Bahnar language is a Central Bahnaric language. It has nine vowel qualities and phonemic vowel length.
Đào (1998) lists the following subgroups of Bahnar and their respective locations.
Bùi (2011:5-6) lists the following subgroups of Bahnar and their respective locations.
Other minor groups include the Kon Kđe, Bơ Nơm, and A Roh subgroups in Kông Chro District and K'Bang District of Gia Lai Province (Bùi 2011:6).
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Bahnar.