Bahnar language

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The Bahnar language or Ba-Na language is a Central Bahnaric language. It has nine vowel qualities and phonemic vowel length.

Subdivisions

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.

Phonology

Consonants

  • -In the final sequence /jh/, /h/ is not pronounced and /j/ is pronounced phonetically as a short vowel /i/.

Vowels

Also used in Vietnam

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.

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