The Mnong or M'nong (Vietnamese: M'Nông) are an ethnic group from Vietnam (92,451 in 1999). They can be subdivided into three groups:
Central Mnong: around 88,000 people in the Đắk Lắk and Lâm Đồng provinces of the Central Highlands, mostly of the Christian religion
Eastern Mnong: around 76,000 people in the Đắk Lắk and Lâm Đồng provinces of the Central Highlands
Southern Mnong: around 55,000 people in the Bình Phước province of southeastern Vietnam
A number of Mnong live in the eastern Cambodian province of Mondulkiri.
Every group speaks a variant of the Mnong language, which is in the Bahnaric languages group of the Mon–Khmer language family.
Epics (Mnong language: Ot N'rong- Ot: telling by singing the poem, N'rong: old story) take an important part in Mnong people's life. Many of these epics, such as Ghu sok bon Tiăng, are quite long.
N'Thu K'Nul, a Lao-Mnong person, a chieftain who established Bon Don, in Đắk Lắk Province- a famous elephant hunting and taming village. He caught a white elephant and gave it as a present to the Thai royal family in 1861, leading the king of Thailand to bestow upon him the name "Khunjunob" (literally "Elephant Hunting King")
N'Trang Lơng, hero who led villagers against French colonizers
Điểu Klung, epic teller
Điểu Kâu, ethnologist
