Sedang language

Sedang language

language
name=Sedang
states=Vietnam and Laos
region=Kontum, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai (Vietnam)
speakers=101,434
familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
fam2=Mon-Khmer
fam3=Eastern
fam4=Bahnaric
fam5=North Bahnaric
fam6=Sedang-Todrah
iso2=mkh|iso3=sed

Sedang is an Austro-Asiatic language spoken in eastern Laos and the Kon Tum Province in south central Vietnam. The Sedang language is the most populous of the North Bahnaric language group, which are known for their range of vowel phonations.

Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

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Sedang itself has 24 pure vowels: 7 vowel qualities, all of which may be plain (ex. [a] ), nasalized ( [ã] ), and creaky ( [a̰] ), and three of which -- /i a o/ -- may be both nasal and creaky ( [ã̰] ). While it doesn't have the length distinctions of other North Bahnaric languages, it does have more diphthongs, for somewhere between 33 and 55 vowel sounds altogether. Because of this Sedang is sometimes claimed to have the largest vowel inventory in the world. Note however that other Bahnaric languages have larger numbers of vowel qualities (Bahnar, for example, has 9) in addition to phonemic vowel length, so the record holder depends closely on how the languages are described and distinct vowels are defined.

References

*Smith, Kenneth D. 1967. "Sedang dialects."‭ "Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Indochinoises" 42: 195-255.
*Smith, Kenneth D. 1968. "Laryngealization and de-laryngealization in Sedang phonemics."‭ "Linguistics" 38: 52-69.
*Smith, Kenneth D. 1969. Sedang ethnodialects.‭ "Anthropological Linguistics" 11(5): 143-47.
*Smith, Kenneth D. 1973. More on Sedang ethnodialects.‭ "Mon-Khmer Studies" 4: 43-51.

External links

*Sedang page on [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sed ethnologue.com]
*Paul Sidwell's [http://www.anu.edu.au/~u9907217/languages/AAlecture4(NB).html Mon-Khmer language information] at the Australian National University.
* [http://www.anu.edu.au/~u9907217/languages/lang_images/Sedang_minimal_pair.wav Sound sample] showing the distinction between clear and creaky vowels, from the link above.
*Sedang page on the [http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/sed/view?searchterm=sedang Rosetta Project] .
*Smith's dissertation [http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI7524131/]


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