Man Met, or Kemie ( Kemiehua), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, China. It is classified as an Angkuic language by Paul Sidwell (2010). It may be or Mangic according to Li Yunbing (2005), or Palaungic. Like most other Austroasiatic languages, Kemie has subjectâÂÂverbâÂÂobject (SVO) word order.
Autonyms include ' (æ¼åª), ' (Ã¥Â
ÂèÂÂ), and ' (Ã¥Â
ÂæÂÂ), or khaÃÂ33 min33.
Distribution
Kemie is spoken in the following villages by just over 1,000 people.
- Jinghong Township (æ¯洪éÂÂ)
- Xiaomanmi (å°Âæ¼åªæÂÂ, 58 households, 256 persons)
- Damanmi (大æ¼åªæÂÂ, 53 households, 234 persons)
- Jiangtou Manmi (æ±Â头æ¼åªæÂÂ, 33 households, 124 persons)
- Manmi (æ¼åªæÂÂ, man13 met53) of Gadong Township (Ã¥ÂÂä¸Â乡, 51 households, 228 persons)
- Sanjia (ä¸Â家æÂÂ) of Mengyang Township (Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥Â
ȎÂÂ, 46 households, 200 persons)
References
Further reading
External links
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- Man Met in RWAAI Digital Archive