Mnong is a member of the South Bahnaric branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken by about 130,000 people in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia. In Vietnam it is spoken mainly in the Central Higlands Region (Tây Nguyên), particularly in the districts of Đăk Song, Đăk Mil, Đăk R'Lấp, Krông Nô and Gia Nghĩa in Đắk Nông Province, and also in Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng and Bình Phước provinces. In Cambodia, Mnong is spoken mainly in Mondulkiri province (មណ្ឌលគិរី).
Mnong is also known as M'nong, Pnong or Bunong, and speakers of Mnong call their language Bu Nong in Vietnam, and ឞូន៝ង (bunong) in Cambodia. There are four mayor varieties or dialects: Central Mnong, Eastern Mong, South Mnong in Vietnam, and Kraol in Cambodia. These are classified as separate languages in some sources, and they are not mutually intelligible.
Mnong is written with the Latin script in Vietnam, and with the Khmer script in Cambodia.
Download alphabet charts for Mnong
Mbơq gâp mhe geh du mlâm rveh. nkuăng toyh, amoh rveh nây Nchrôt. La păng bar đah toyh, jong, jêh ri nglang, chiông la păng mplônh ngăn.
Ăp ôi ăp mhaơ, gâp vay hăn jăt mbơq gâp hăn doh rveh. Mbơq gâp ndjôt pêh kŭt, tong kreo, jêh ri bơq ăn gâp ndjôt mâng play măt.
Source: Nkoch bri rhi yau nau vay Bu Nong: Jrô nguay - Lớp một (Mnong Bunong 1st Grade Culture-Folk Textbook
Source: The N'eun Rawes das Jan n'hanh Yao / The Elephant and the Tiger are Making Friends
Information about Mnong | Tower of Babel
Information about the Mnong language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnong_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мнонгский_язык
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/cmo
https://www.webonary.org/bunong/en/overview/introduction/
Bahnar, Brao, Cua, Chrau, Jru, Koho, Mnong, Sedang, Tampuan
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 16.06.25. Last modified: 18.06.25
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