Vietic languages

Vietic
Geographic
distribution
Mainland Southeast Asia
Linguistic classificationAustroasiatic
  • Vietic
Proto-languageProto-Vietic
Subdivisions
Glottologviet1250

  Vietic

The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by the Vietic peoples in Laos and Vietnam. The branch was once referred to by the terms Việt–Mường, Annamese–Muong, and Vietnamuong; the term Vietic was proposed by La Vaughn Hayes,[1][2] who proposed to redefine Việt–Mường as referring to a sub-branch of Vietic containing only Vietnamese and Mường.

Many of the Vietic languages have tonal or phonational systems intermediate between that of Viet–Muong and other branches of Austroasiatic that have not had significant Chinese or Tai influence.

Vietnamese, today, has had significant Chinese influence especially in vocabulary and tonal system. Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary accounts for about 30–60% of Vietnamese vocabulary, not including calques from Chinese.

  1. ^ Hayes, La Vaughn H. (1982). "The mutation of *R in Pre-Thavung" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 11: 83–100. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  2. ^ Hayes, La Vaughn H. (1992). "Vietic and Việt-Mường: a new subgrouping in Mon-Khmer" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies. 21: 211–228. Retrieved 2019-09-28.

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