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Mnong people

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

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

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

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), or Mùa rẫy bon Tiăng (English: The farming season of Tiăng village) are quite long.

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