Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of China and Myanmar.

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

Dialects

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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

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Source:[6]

Blang consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal voiced m n ɲ ŋ
voiceless ɲ̊
Stop plain p t c k ʔ
aspirated
Fricative f s h
Approximant voiced w l j
voiceless
Trill r
Blang vowels
Front Back
unrounded rounded
plain breathy plain breathy plain breathy
Close i ɯ ɯ̤ u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɔ ɔ̤
Open a

Blang also has two tones - high and low.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Blang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Samtao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
  3. ^ Li, Nie & Qiu (1986)
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington).

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