Total population | |
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( Vietnam 102,741 (2009)) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Vietnam: Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng, Bình Phước; Cambodia | |
Languages | |
Mnong, others | |
Religion | |
Christian, Theravada Buddhism, Animist |
The Mnong or M'nong (Vietnamese: M'Nông) are an ethnic group from Vietnam (92,451 in 1999). They can be subdivided into three groups:
A number of Mnong live in the eastern Cambodian province of Mondulkiri.
Every group speaks a variant of the Mnong language, which is in the Bahnaric languages group of the Mon–Khmer language family.
Epics (Mnong language: Ot N'rong- Ot: telling by singing the poem, N'rong: old story) take an important part in Mnong people's life. Many of these epics, such as Ghu sok bon Tiăng, are quite long.