Some remarks about the phonetic structure of TaMun language at Tay Ninh province

Abstract

Currently, the name ethnic of Ta Mun are concerned by the scientists after the public opinion shows that it is should not classifying Ta Mun people as Stieng or Chrau people as before, because the Ta Mun language and culture are different from the Stieng and Chrau ones. The Ta Mun people are fully aware of and always assert their own ethnic as Ta Mun. They repeatedly suggest adding this name to the list of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. This article is the result of the linguistic fieldwork, was held in late May 3, 2013, in some rural districts of Tay Ninh province. This is one of the two groups of Ta Mun in Vietnam (the other is in Binh Phuoc province). This preliminary study aims to provide the further phonetic corpora of Ta Mun, as well as comparison of Ta Mun and South Bahnaric languages in the field of phonetics.