Blang language

Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of Burma and China. Samtao of Burma is a dialect.[4]

Blang
Pulang
RegionChina, Burma
EthnicityBlang
Native speakers
(68,000 cited 1994–2000)[1]
Austroasiatic
Dialects
  • Phang
  • Kem Degne
Tai Tham, Tai Le
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
blr  Blang
stu  Samtao
Glottologblan1242  Blang[2]
samt1238  Samtao[3]
Linguasphere46-DBA-c

Dialects include the following (Bulangyu Jianzhi 1986).

  • Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County[5]
  • A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County[6]

See also

References

  1. Blang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Samtao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Blang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Samtao". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)".
  5. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=140952
  6. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=178019


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