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Mlabri
Mlabri can refer to: * Mlabri people * Mlabri language Mlabri is a language spoken by the Mlabri people in the border area between Thailand and Laos. It is usually classified as a Khmuic language, a subgroup of the Austroasiatic languages. Linguist Jørgen Rischel has studied the language and desc ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mlabri People
The Mlabri (Thai: มลาบรี) or Mrabri are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos, and have been called "the most interesting and least understood people in Southeast Asia". Only about 400 or fewer Mlabris remain in the world today, with some estimates as low as 100. A hill tribe in northern Thailand along the border with Laos, they have been groups of nomadic hunter-gatherers. Those in Thailand live close to the Hmong and northern Thai. Those living in Laos live close to other ethnic groups. Nomenclature The name ''Mlabri'' is a Thai/Lao alteration of the word ''Mrabri'', which appears to come from a Khmuic term "people of the forest". In Khmu, ''mra'' means "person" and ''bri'' "forest". They are also known locally as ''Phi Tong Leuang'' (Thai: ผีตองเหลือง, Lao: ຜີຕອງເຫລືອງ) or "spirits of the yellow leaves", since they abandon their shelters when the leaves begin to turn yellow. See Fact of The Words "Yumbri" and "Mlabri" Genet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mlabri Language
Mlabri is a language spoken by the Mlabri people in the border area between Thailand and Laos. It is usually classified as a Khmuic language, a subgroup of the Austroasiatic languages. Linguist Jørgen Rischel has studied the language and described its peculiarities in several works. He divides the language into three varieties: one spoken by a small group in Laos and previously called ''Yumbri'', and two others spoken by larger groups in Thailand. They differ in intonation and in lexicon. Although it is possible to count up to ten in Mlabri, only the numerals one and two may be used to modify a noun, and the word for 'two' has uses closer to 'pair' or 'couple' in English than a numeral. Phonology Mlabri distinguishes rounding in its back vowels. It does not have the register systems of some other Austroasiatic languages. All vowels occur long and short. /a/ is fronted after palato-alveolar consonants, and may approach . There is also a very short vowel that has limited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
