Meung Yum language

Meung Yum is a Waic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Kunlong Township, Shan State, Burma.

Comparing Meung Yum data from Namt Yoke, Loi Yang, Pang Wan, and Pan Tang villages, Ping (2013) has determined Meung Yum to be a variety of Wa.

Names

Other names for Meung Yum include (Phyu 2013:3):

• Kon Loi
• Loi
• Wa Chu
• Wa
• Awa
• La

Demographics

Meung Yum speakers live in Kunlong Township (with 21 Meung Yum villages) and Hopang Township (with 30 Meung Yum villages), with each township have about an equal number of speakers (Phyu 2013:6).

9 villages have only Meung Yum people.

• Kunlong Township
  • Namt Yoke
  • Pang Khaw
  • Pang Wan
  • Man Pein
  • Pa Paw
  • Kaung Sang
  • Man Kan
• Wa State
  • Meung Yum
  • Noat Awng

Meung Yum dialects are Kaung Sar, Pan Tan, Man Kyu, Man Phan, Namt Yoke, Man Pein, Kaung Sang, and Man Kan (Phyu 2013). Ping (2013) also lists Loi Yang, Pang Wan, and Pan Tang.

See also

• Savaiq language

References

• Phyu, Myint Myint (2013). A Sociolinguistic Survey of Selected Meung Yum and Savaiq Varieties. M.A. thesis. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
• Ping, Wendy Phung Wei (2013). [hhttp://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Wendy_Phung_Thesis.pdf A Phonological Description of Meung Yum and Phonological Comparison of Meung Yum with Three Wa Dialects in China]. M.A. thesis. Chiang Mai: Payap University.