Man Met language

Man Met, or Kemie (Chinese: 克蔑话 Kemiehua), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, China. It is classified as an Angkuic language by Paul Sidwell (2010). It may be or Mangic according to Li Yunbing (2005),^[2] or Palaungic. Like most other Austroasiatic languages, Kemie has subject–verb–object (SVO) word order.

Man Met
Kemie
Native to	China
Region	Southwest Yunnan
Native speakers	(900 cited 1990)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Angkuic Man Met
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mml – Man Met kfj – Kemie (duplicate code)
Glottolog	kemi1240  Kemiehua manm1238  Man Met
ELP	Man Met

Autonyms include man13 met53 (曼咪), kʰɤ31 met53 (克蔑), and kʰɤ31 miŋ33 (克敏),^[3] or khaʔ33 min33.^[4]

Distribution

Kemie is spoken in the following villages by just over 1,000 people.^[3]

• Jinghong Township (景洪镇)
  • Xiaomanmi (小曼咪村, 58 households, 256 persons)^[5]
  • Damanmi (大曼咪村, 53 households, 234 persons)^[6]
  • Jiangtou Manmi (江头曼咪村, 33 households, 124 persons)^[7]
• Manmi (曼咪村, man13 met53) of Gadong Township (嘎东乡, 51 households, 228 persons)^[8]
• Sanjia (三家村) of Mengyang Township (勐养镇, 46 households, 200 persons)^[9]