Man Met, or Kemie ( ''Kemiehua''), is a poorly classified
Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in
Jinghong County,
Xishuangbanna
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,
China
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. 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
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, Kemie has
subject–verb–object (SVO)
word order
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.
Autonyms include ' (曼咪), ' (克蔑), and ' (克敏),
or ''khaʔ33 min33''.
Distribution
Kemie is spoken in the following villages by just over 1,000 people.
*Jinghong Township (景洪镇)
**Xiaomanmi (小曼咪村, 58 households, 256 persons)
**Damanmi (大曼咪村, 53 households, 234 persons)
**Jiangtou Manmi (江头曼咪村, 33 households, 124 persons)
*Manmi (曼咪村, ''man13 met53'') of Gadong Township (嘎东乡, 51 households, 228 persons)
*Sanjia (三家村) of Mengyang Township (勐养镇, 46 households, 200 persons)
References
Further reading
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External links
* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
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http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F9-9@view Man Met in RWAAI Digital Archive
Palaungic languages
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