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 |
| Glottolog | blan1242 Blangsamt1238 Samtao |
| Linguasphere | 46-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.[2]
Dialects
[edit]Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.[3]
In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:[4]
- 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]
Phonology
[edit]Source:[7]
| 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]References
[edit]- ↑ Blang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Samtao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Sidwell, Paul (2015). The Palaungic Languages: Classification, Reconstruction and Comparative Lexicon. München: Lincom Europa. p. 10.
- ↑ "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- ↑ Li, Nie & Qiu (1986)
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington).
Sources
[edit]- Li, Daoyong 李道勇; Nie, Xizhen 聂锡珍; Qiu, Efeng 邱锷锋 (1986). Bùlǎngyǔ jiǎnzhì 布朗语简志 [A Sketch of Blang] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- Harper, Jero Alan (2009). Phonological Descriptions of Plang spoken in Man Noi, La Gang, and Bang Deng Villages (in China) (PDF) (MA thesis). Payap University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09.
External links
[edit]- 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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