Muong language
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The Muong language is spoken by the Muong people, an ethnic minority in Vietnam, primarily in the mountainous regions southwest of Hanoi. It is related to Vietnamese and is considered part of the Vietic branch of the Mon-Khmer language family, which itself belongs to the Austroasiatic stock.12
Unlike Vietnamese, the Muong language has been influenced much less by Chinese. The Muong people are believed to be the last surviving descendants of the early Vietnamese.12
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