Muak Sa-aak (

autonym Autonym may refer to: * Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym * Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name See also * Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...

: ''mùak sɤ́ʔàak'', meaning 'mountain slope') is an Angkuic language spoken in the

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

border region by over 4,000 people.

Demographics

There are some 4,460 Muak Sa-aak in Burma and China. Muak Sa-aak speakers are located primarily in

Mong Yawng Township Mong Yawng Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းယွင်း, my, မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Tachileik District (formerly part of Mong Hpayak District) in the Shan St ...

, Shan State, Burma (Hall 2010:4). There are at least 2 villages in China, with speakers possibly located in Thailand as well, though it would be nearly extinct there (Hall 2010). Hall (2010) analyzes phonological data from the Muak Sa-aak village of Wan Fai, eastern Shan State, Burma, which has 620 people and is located very close to the Chinese border.

Demographics

References

Further reading