Phong language

Phong
	Kniang
Native to	Laos
Region	Southern Houaphanh Province
Native speakers	30,700 (2018)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Khmuic Xinh Mul? Phong; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pnx
Glottolog	phon1246[2]

Phong also known as Kniang is an Austroasiatic language of the Mon–Khmer family, spoken in Laos. Its nearest relatives are the fellow Xinh Mul tongues, the Khang language and Puoc language, both spoken in Vietnam. The number of speakers of Phong-Kniang is estimated at 30,700.

Phong Kaneng [pʰɔːŋ kᵊneːŋ] and Phong Kniang are dialects. Phong is spoken in northeastern Laos, such as in Hua Muong, Sam Neua Province.[3]

References

Phong at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Phong-Kniang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9B78-5@view Phong Laan in RWAAI Digital Archive

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[e21-1] Phong at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Phong-Kniang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.