Blang language

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

Blang (Pulang) is a Waic language cluster spoken by the Blang people of China and Myanmar. Within China, the Blang nationality operates as a broad, umbrella category that encompasses numerous distinct non-Wa, non-Palaung Austroasiatic-speaking communities across Yunnan province. This official ethnic classification includes the proper Blangs who actually belong to the Waic subgroup of the Palaungic branch, and virtually all Angkuic-speaking groups.

Dialects

Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.

In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:

Phonology

Source:

Blang consonants
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
Blang vowels
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

References

  1. ↑ Blang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Samtao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Sidwell, Paul (2015). The Palaungic Languages: Classification, Reconstruction and Comparative Lexicon. München: Lincom Europa. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  4. ↑ Li, Nie & Qiu (1986)
  5. ↑ "Měnghǎi Xiàn Bùlǎngshān Xiāng Měngáng Cūnwěihuì Xīnmàné Zìráncūn" 勐海县布朗山乡勐昂村委会新曼峨自然村 [Xinman'e Natural Village, Mengang Village Committee, Bulangshan Township, Menghai County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  6. ↑ "Měnghǎi Xiàn Měngmǎn Zhèn Guānshuāng Cūnwěihuì Guānshuāng" 勐海县勐满镇关双村委会关双 [Guanshuang, Guanshuang Village Committee, Mengman Town, Menghai County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  7. ↑ Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington).

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