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The speakers of languages of the Mon-Khmer family live in the area of southeastern Asia from the Khasi people in Assam, India on the west to Vietnamese on the east. There are also the Mon people of what is now southern Myanmar (Burma).
There are nine members of the family:
| The Mon-Khmer Language Family | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Location | Number of Speakers (millions) | Chararcteristics |
| Monic | Myanmar Thailand | ||
| Khmer | Cambodia Thailand Vietnam Laos | 8 | nontonal, SVO |
| Vietnamese | Vietnam Cambodia | 80 | tonal |
| Pearic | western Cambodia eastern Thailand | ||
| Bahnaric | Vietnam Laos Cambodia | ||
| Khmuic | Laos Thailand China | ||
| Palaungic | Myanmar China Thailand | ||
| Khasi | Assam, India | ||
| Katuic | Vietnam Laos Cambodia |
(To be continued.)
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