Phong-Kniang

Facts

  • Language: Phong-Kniang
  • Alternate names: Pong 3, Khaniang, Kenieng, Keneng, Lao Phong, Phong, Pong, Kniang, Pheng, Theng, P'eng
  • Language code: pnx
  • Language family: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Khmuic, Xinh Mul (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 1,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    A Phong exonym of Kniang and not to be confused with Kha Phong, a dialect of Maleng (See: [[Maleng]]), nor with the autonym Pong as a dialect of Hung (See: [[Hung]]) (Ferlus 1996). Traditional religion.

    Phong-Kniang is spoken in Laos, Southeast Asia.