Blang language
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Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of China and Myanmar.
Dialects
Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.
In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:
- Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County
- A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County
Phonology
Source:
| 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
Sources
- 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). (PDF) (MA thesis). Payap University. Archived from (PDF) on 2017-08-09.
External links
- 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