Blang (Pulang) is the language of the
Blang people
The Blang people (known in China as Bulang; ) or Plang () are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live in the areas of southern China, and parts of Myanmar and Th ...
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
Menghai County (; Tai Lue: ''Meng Haai''; ) is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of Yunnan, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south and west. ''Meng'' is as variation of ''Mue ...
*A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); ''representative dialect'': Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇,
Menghai County
Menghai County (; Tai Lue: ''Meng Haai''; ) is a county under the jurisdiction of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in the far south of Yunnan, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south and west. ''Meng'' is as variation of ''Mue ...
Phonology
Source:
[Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington).]
Blang also has two tones - high and low.
See also
*
Wa language
Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China. There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in ''Ethnologue'' are Parauk, the majority and standard form; Vo ( Zhen ...
References
Sources
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External links
Some links to Wa-related Internet sites* http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
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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
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