Blang language
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| Blang | |
|---|---|
| Pulang | |
| Region | China, Burma |
| Ethnicity | Blang |
Native speakers | (68,000 cited 1994–2000)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Tai Tham | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:blr – Blangstu – Samtao |
stu Samtao | |
| Glottolog | blan1242 Blangsamt1238 Samtao |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Linguasphere | 46-DBA-c |
Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of China and Myanmar.
Dialects
[edit | edit source]Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.[2]
In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:[3]
- Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County[4]
- A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County[5]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Source:[6]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | |||
| Stop | plain | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Approximant | voiced | w | l | j | ||
| voiceless | l̥ | j̊ | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Front | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||
| plain | breathy | plain | breathy | plain | breathy | |
| Close | i | i̤ | ɯ | ɯ̤ | u | ṳ |
| Close-mid | e | e̤ | o | o̤ | ||
| Open-mid | ɔ | ɔ̤ | ||||
| Open | a | a̤ | ||||
Blang also has two tones - high and low.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Blang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Samtao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Li, Nie & Qiu (1986)
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- ^ Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington).
Sources
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Some links to Wa-related Internet sites
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9BBE-B@view Samtao in RWAAI Digital Archive
- Recordings of 'Pang' are available in the Xuan Guan Collection of Kaipuleohone archive
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