Bahnar

Bahnar is a member of the Central Bahnaric branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken by about 160,000 people in central Vietnam, particularly in the districts of Mang Yang, An Khê, K’Bang, Kông Chro in Gia Lai Province, and in Vĩnh Thạnh, An Lão and Vân Canh districts of Bình Định Province.

Bahnar is also known as Bana or Ba-Na. It is be written with the Latin script, using a spelling system similar to Vietnamese.

Bahnar alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Bahnar

Sample phrases

Nơ̆r Bahnar anat dêh.
(The Bahar language is very difficult.)
Huay mơ̆n, nơ̆r Bahnar 'bônh 'biơ̆.
(No it isn’t, the Bahar language is easy.)
Ih pơma kiơ, inh ưh kơ wao?
(What did you say? I did not understand.)
Apĭnh ih pơma dơ̆ ưh tam mă nhê̆n.
(Please repeat one more time, its not clear.)

Source: https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/30982

Sample videos in and about Bahnar

Information about Bahnar | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about the Bahnar language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnar_language
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/bdq
https://special.nhandan.vn/dt_bana_en/index.html
http://www.language-archives.org/language/bdq

Bahnaric languages

Bahnar, Brao, Cua, Chrau, Jru, Koho, Mnong, Rengao, Sedang, Tampuan

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 16.06.25. Last modified: 16.06.25

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