Mon-Khmer

E41506

branch of Austroasiatic languages language family branch

Mon-Khmer is a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes numerous languages spoken across mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Mon–Khmer	9
Mon–Khmer languages	6
Mon-Khmer languages	5
Mon-Khmer canonical	2
Proto-Mon–Khmer	2
Khmu language	1
Khmuic languages	1
Khmuʼ language	1
Lao	1
Mon–Khmer branch	1
Nuclear Mon–Khmer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T322822 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mon-Khmer
Context triple: [Khmer, subfamily, Mon-Khmer]

A. Khmer
Khmer is the Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Cambodia, where it serves as the official and most widely used national language.
B. Vietnamese
Vietnamese refers to the people, language, and culture associated with Vietnam, a Southeast Asian country with a rich history and distinct cultural traditions.
C. Cambodia
Cambodia is a Southeast Asian nation known for its ancient Khmer civilization, the Angkor Wat temple complex, and a modern history marked by French colonial rule and the Khmer Rouge regime.
D. Vietnamese alphabet
The Vietnamese alphabet is a modern Latin-based writing system that uses additional diacritics to represent the tones and specific sounds of the Vietnamese language.
E. Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a major language family of East, Southeast, and South Asia that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous related languages spoken by over a billion people.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mon-Khmer
Target entity description: Mon-Khmer is a major branch of the Austroasiatic language family that includes numerous languages spoken across mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.

A. Khmer
Khmer is the Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Cambodia, where it serves as the official and most widely used national language.
B. Vietnamese
Vietnamese refers to the people, language, and culture associated with Vietnam, a Southeast Asian country with a rich history and distinct cultural traditions.
C. Cambodia
Cambodia is a Southeast Asian nation known for its ancient Khmer civilization, the Angkor Wat temple complex, and a modern history marked by French colonial rule and the Khmer Rouge regime.
D. Vietnamese alphabet
The Vietnamese alphabet is a modern Latin-based writing system that uses additional diacritics to represent the tones and specific sounds of the Vietnamese language.
E. Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a major language family of East, Southeast, and South Asia that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous related languages spoken by over a billion people.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Austroasiatic languages ⓘ language family branch ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Austroasiatic linguistics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Mon Khmer ⓘ Mon-Khmer ⓘ surface form: Mon–Khmer
hasFeature	complex consonant systems in some languages ⓘ register or phonation contrasts in some languages ⓘ rich vowel systems ⓘ
hasLanguage	Bahnaric ⓘ surface form: Bahnar language Katu language ⓘ Khasi language ⓘ Khmer ⓘ surface form: Khmer language Mon language ⓘ Muong language ⓘ Nicobarese languages ⓘ Palaung language ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese language
hasSubfamily	Bahnaric ⓘ Katuic ⓘ Khasic ⓘ Khmer ⓘ Monic ⓘ Palaungic ⓘ Pearic ⓘ Vietic languages ⓘ surface form: Vietic
historicalClassification	core branch of Austroasiatic ⓘ
includesNationalLanguageOf	Cambodia ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
languageFamily	Austroasiatic ⓘ
partOf	Austroasiatic ⓘ surface form: Austroasiatic language family
region	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia South Asia ⓘ
spokenIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Cambodia ⓘ China ⓘ India ⓘ Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
status	includes both national and minority languages ⓘ
typology	mostly analytic ⓘ
usedBy	multiple ethnic groups in Southeast Asia ⓘ
wordOrder	SVO ⓘ
writingSystem	various scripts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khmer → subfamily → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

Laos → hasOfficialLanguage → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao

Nicobarese → subfamily → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuclear Mon–Khmer

Nicobarese → isPartOf → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer languages

Mon-Khmer → hasAlternativeName → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Austroasiatic → alternativeName → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khmuic languages

Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khmu language

Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khmuʼ language

Austroasiatic → hasSubfamily → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Austroasiatic → hasHistoricalLanguage → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Mon–Khmer

Teressa → languageSubfamily → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Chamic languages → hasInfluenceFrom → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon-Khmer languages

Bahnaric → relatedTo → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon-Khmer languages

Palaungic → higherClassification → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer languages

Palaung language → languageBranch → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Mon Khmer → alternativeName → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Mon Khmer → alternativeName → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

Aslian → partOf → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer branch

Waic → partOf → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer languages

Katuic → neighboringLanguageFamilies → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Aslian branch → geneticRelation → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon-Khmer languages

Wa language (Austroasiatic) → subfamily → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

Wa language (Austroasiatic) → languageBranch → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer languages

Proto-Austroasiatic → hasAlternativeName → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proto-Mon–Khmer

Katuic languages → contactWith → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon-Khmer languages

Palaungic languages → memberOf → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer languages

Middle Khmer → subclassOf → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer languages

Palaung people → languageBranch → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon-Khmer languages

Nancowry language → languageFamilyBranch → Mon-Khmer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mon–Khmer

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