Achang language
| Achang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China, Burma |
| Ethnicity | Achang |
| Native speakers | 27,700 in China (1990 census) 35,000 in Myanmar (2007) |
| Language family |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | acn |
The Achang language (autonym: ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩; Chinese: 阿昌) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (AKA Maingtha) in China.
Distribution
Achang is spoken in the following locations (阿昌语简志).
- Longchuan County
- Husa 户撒
- Lianghe County
- Zhedao 遮岛
- Xiangsong 襄宋
- Dachang 大厂
- Luxi City
- Jiangdong 江东
- Longling County
Xiandao
Xiandao 仙岛 dialect (100 speakers; autonym khan31 tau31) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan, China (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).
External links
- Map of Achang language from the LL-Map project
- Information on Achang language from the MultiTree project
- Achang language in the World Atlas of Language Structures Online
- Ethnologue entry for Achang
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