Arem, Kri, Chứt (Mày, Rụt, Sách, Mụ Già), etc. West: Thavung, Pakatan, etc. Chamberlain (2003) The following classification of the Vietic languages is from Chamberlain (2003:422), as quoted in Sidwell (2009:145). Unlike past classifications, there is a sixth "South" branch that includes Kri, a newly described language. Vietic North (Viet–Muong) Vietnamese Mường (according to Phan (2012), Mường is paraphyletic) Nguồn Northwest (Cuoi) West (Thavưng) Ahoe Ahao Ahlao Southeast (Chut) Cheut Rục Sách Mày Malieng (Arem ?) (Kata) Southwest (Maleng) Atel Thémarou Arao Makang Malang Maleng Tơe South (Kri) Kri Phóng Mlengbrou Animal cycle names Michel Ferlus (1992, 2013) notes that the 12-year animal cycle (zodiac) names in the Khmer calendar, from which Thai animal cycle names are also derived, were borrowed from a phonologically conservative form of Viet-Muong. Ferlus contends that the animal cycle names were borrowed from a Viet-Muong (Northern Vietic) language rather than from a Southern Vietic language, since the vowel in the Old Khmer name for "snake" corresponds to Viet-Muong /a/ rather than to Southern Vietic /i/. References Further reading [Papers from the 30th Conference of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (2021)] Alves, Mark. 2020. Data for Vietic Native Etyma and Early Loanwords. Alves, Mark J. 2016. Identifying Early Sino-Vietnamese Vocabulary via Linguistic, Historical, Archaeological, and Ethnological Data, in Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics 9 (2016):264-295. Alves, Mark J. 2017. Etymological research on Vietnamese with databases and other resources. Ngôn Ngữ Học Việt Nam, 30 Năm Đổi Mới và Phát Triển (Kỷ Yếu Hội Thảo Khoa Học Quốc Tế), 183–211. Hà Nội: Nhà Xuất Bản Khoa Học Xã Hội. Alves, Mark J. (2003). Ruc and Other Minor Vietic Languages: Linguistic Strands Between Vietnamese and the Rest of the Mon-Khmer Language Family. In Papers from the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, ed. by Karen L. Adams et al. Tempe, Arizona, 3–19. Arizona State University, Program for Southeast Asian Studies. Barker, M. E. (1977). Articles on Proto-Viet–Muong. Vietnam publications microfiche series, no. VP70-62. Huntington Beach, Calif: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Chamberlain, J.R. 2003. Eco-Spatial History: a nomad myth from the Annamites and its relevance for biodiversity conservation. In X. Jianchu and S. Mikesell, eds. Landscapes of Diversity: Proceedings of the III MMSEA Conference, 25–28 August 2002. Lijiand, P. R. China: Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge. pp. 421–436. Miyake, Marc. 2014. Black and white evidence for Vietnamese phonological history. Miyake, Marc. 2014. Soni linguae capitis. (Parts