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Definition of Mon-Khmer in English: Mon-Khmeradjective ˈmɔːnˌkmɛːˌmōn kəˈme(ə)r Relating to or denoting a family of languages spoken throughout SE Asia, of which the most important are Mon and Khmer. They are distantly related to Munda, with which they form the Austro-Asiatic phylum or superfamily. 孟-高棉语族（东南亚一语族，包括最重要的孟语和高棉语，与扪达语为远亲，并一起构成南亚语群或超语系） Example sentencesExamples - It is a tonal Mon-Khmer language with strong Chinese lexical influences.
- The Kammu have their own language that belongs to the Mon-Khmer family of languages, but it is not a written language.
- In the early 1980s while doing fieldwork among Btsisi ’, a Mon-Khmer speaking people of coastal Selangor, Malaysia, I witnessed an intriguing event which remains with me almost 20 years later.
- For example, many Mon-Khmer languages in Southeast Asia have no inflections and no tones.
- Her paper investigates the main Jo ‘oh dance cycle of the Hma’ Btsitsi ’, an indigenous Mon-Khmer speaking people of peninsular Malaysia.
- They are the southernmost Austroasiatic Mon-Khmer speaking people on the Malay Peninsula.
- Austronesian and Mon-Khmer speakers live in the north but are most heavily represented in the south.
noun ˈmɔːnˌkmɛːˌmōn kəˈme(ə)r mass nounThe Mon-Khmer group of languages. Example sentencesExamples - There are twenty-four groups, whose languages can be subdivided into four groups: Monic, Aslian, Eastern Mon-Khmer, and Northern Mon-Khmer.
- One group speaks Mon-Khmer, an Austroasiatic language.
- They constitute three linguistic families, Tibeto-Burman, Mon-Khmer, and Tai, although today Burmese is written and spoken by most.
OriginLate 19th century: from Mon + Khmer. Rhymesaffair, affaire, air, Altair, Althusser, Anvers, Apollinaire, Astaire, aware, Ayer, Ayr, bare, bear, bêche-de-mer, beware, billionaire, Blair, blare, Bonaire, cafetière, care, chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, Cher, Clair, Claire, Clare, commissionaire, compare, concessionaire, cordon sanitaire, couvert, Daguerre, dare, debonair, declare, derrière, despair, doctrinaire, éclair, e'er, elsewhere, ensnare, ere, extraordinaire, Eyre, fair, fare, fayre, Finisterre, flair, flare, Folies-Bergère, forbear, forswear, foursquare, glair, glare, hair, hare, heir, Herr, impair, jardinière, Khmer, Kildare, La Bruyère, lair, laissez-faire, legionnaire, luminaire, mal de mer, mare, mayor, meunière, mid-air, millionaire, misère, multimillionaire, ne'er, Niger, nom de guerre, outstare, outwear, pair, pare, parterre, pear, père, pied-à-terre, Pierre, plein-air, prayer, questionnaire, rare, ready-to-wear, rivière, Rosslare, Santander, savoir faire, scare, secretaire, share, snare, solitaire, Soufrière, spare, square, stair, stare, surface-to-air, swear, Tailleferre, tare, tear, their, there, they're, vin ordinaire, Voltaire, ware, wear, Weston-super-Mare, where, yeah Definition of Mon-Khmer in US English: Mon-Khmeradjectiveˌmōn kəˈme(ə)r Relating to or denoting a family of languages spoken throughout SE Asia, of which the most important are Mon and Khmer. They are distantly related to Munda, with which they form the Austro-Asiatic phylum or superfamily. 孟-高棉语族（东南亚一语族，包括最重要的孟语和高棉语，与扪达语为远亲，并一起构成南亚语群或超语系） Example sentencesExamples - It is a tonal Mon-Khmer language with strong Chinese lexical influences.
- The Kammu have their own language that belongs to the Mon-Khmer family of languages, but it is not a written language.
- In the early 1980s while doing fieldwork among Btsisi ’, a Mon-Khmer speaking people of coastal Selangor, Malaysia, I witnessed an intriguing event which remains with me almost 20 years later.
- For example, many Mon-Khmer languages in Southeast Asia have no inflections and no tones.
- Her paper investigates the main Jo ‘oh dance cycle of the Hma’ Btsitsi ’, an indigenous Mon-Khmer speaking people of peninsular Malaysia.
- They are the southernmost Austroasiatic Mon-Khmer speaking people on the Malay Peninsula.
- Austronesian and Mon-Khmer speakers live in the north but are most heavily represented in the south.
nounˌmōn kəˈme(ə)r The Mon-Khmer group of languages. Example sentencesExamples - They constitute three linguistic families, Tibeto-Burman, Mon-Khmer, and Tai, although today Burmese is written and spoken by most.
- One group speaks Mon-Khmer, an Austroasiatic language.
- There are twenty-four groups, whose languages can be subdivided into four groups: Monic, Aslian, Eastern Mon-Khmer, and Northern Mon-Khmer.
OriginLate 19th century: from Mon + Khmer. |