Mnong
Mnong people during an elephant blessing ceremony in Buôn Đôn, Vietnam
Total population
 Vietnam 127,334 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Lâm Đồng, Bình Phước -  Vietnam
Mondulkiri -  Cambodia
Languages
Mnong, others
Religion
Christian, Theravada Buddhism, Animist
A longhouse in the Mnong village of Buôn Jun in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
Mnong women near Buon Ma Thuot
Mnong's elephant carer

The Mnong or Munong people (Vietnamese: người Mơ-nông) are an ethnic group mainly living in Central Highlands and Southeast regions of Vietnam, and Eastern region of Cambodia. They are made up of two main groups: Western Mnong and Eastern Mnong. Western Mnong includes smaller groups such as: Bhiet (Bhiat), Bu-Neur, Rehong, Kong-Khang, Ksèh, Nong, Prèh, Tí-Prì, Perong, Bu-Deung (Pou-Thong). Eastern Mnong includes: Gar, Briet, Kil (Chil), Krieng, Kesiong (Kyong), Rlam (Rolum) living mainly in mountainous areas.[2]: 145–146 

Every group speaks a variant of the Mnong language, which along with Koho language, is in the South Bhanaric group of the Mon–Khmer family.[3]

A big community with around 47,000 people of Mnong live in the Cambodia's northeastern boundary province of Mondulkiri where they are known as Bunong (alternatively spelled Phnong, Punong, or Pnong).[citation needed]

Culture

Epics (Mnong language: Ot N'rong - Ot: telling by singing, N'rong: old story) take an important part in Mnong people's life. Many of these epics, such as Con đỉa nuốt bon Tiăng (Mnong language: Ghu sok bon Tiăng, English: The leech swallows Tiăng village),[4] or Mùa rẫy bon Tiăng (English: The farming season of Tiăng village) are quite long.[5]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Completed results of the 2019 Viet Nam population and housing census (Report). General Statistics Office of Vietnam. 17 October 2020. p. 43.
  2. ^ a b Henri, Maitre (2007). Les Jungles Moï (Rừng người Thượng) (Translated by Lưu Đình Tuân, Edited by Andrew Hardy and Nguyên Ngọc ed.). Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Tri thức. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairs - Introduction about M'nong people". cema.gov.vn. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Central Highland Epics". issch.vass.gov.vn. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Đăk Lăk Province's Library - Mùa rẫy Bon Tiăng". hdl.handle.net. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "The legend about the white elephant". baodaklak.vn. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Elephant taming job of the M'Nong". vovworld.vn. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "N'Trang Lơng Uprising 1912 - 1936". baodaknong.org.vn. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Tribal chief Lơng and the assassination of Henri Maître". cand.com.vn. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Keeping the Central Highland epics". tuoitre.vn. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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