Muong

Japanese: Muong
Muong

...The theory that Vietnamese is a descendant of Thai is supported by its structural characteristics, but has weaknesses in terms of commonality of lexical elements. On the other hand, similarities with Mon-Khmer (Austroasiatic languages) have been recognized, especially in basic vocabulary such as names of bodies and numerals, so the theory that it belongs to that family has been strongly supported, but its relationship with the non-tonal languages ​​of that family has not yet been proven. At present, the only language that is known to be a descendant of Vietnamese is Muong, the language of the Muong people scattered in the mountainous areas from the north to the center. Muong is of great value in the study of the history of the Vietnamese language, as it retains initial consonants that have been lost in present-day Vietnamese, and the two are sometimes called Vietnamoong or Viet-Muong.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Muong" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ベトナム語をタイ語系とする説がその構造上の特色に支えられながら,語彙的要素の共通性という面に弱点があるのに対して,モン・クメール語(アウストロアジア語族)との類似は特に身体名称や数詞などという基本的な語彙について認められるので,その語族に帰属させる説も有力に行われてきたが,非声調言語であるその語族の諸言語との同系関係は証明されるにいたっていない。現在,ベトナム語と同系であることが明らかなのは,北部から中部にかけての山間地帯に散在するムオン族の言語ムオン語Muongである。今日のベトナム語が失った語頭の子音群を残しているなど,ムオン語はベトナム語史研究上の価値が大で,両者を併せてベトナムオン語Vietnamuongあるいはベト・ムオン語Viêt‐Muongと呼ぶこともある。…

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