Blang language

Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of Burma and China. Samtao of Burma is a dialect.[4]

Blang
Pulang
Region	China, Burma
Ethnicity	Blang
Native speakers	(68,000 cited 1994–2000)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Waic Blang
Dialects	Phang Kem Degne
Writing system	Tai Tham, Tai Le
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: blr – Blang stu – Samtao
Glottolog	blan1242  Blang[2] samt1238  Samtao[3]
Linguasphere	46-DBA-c

Dialects include the following (Bulangyu Jianzhi 1986).

• Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County[5]
• A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County[6]

See also

• Wa language

References

1. Blang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Samtao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Blang". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Samtao". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)".
5. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=140952
6. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=178019

• Harper, Jerod. 2009. Phonological Descriptions of Plang spoken in Man Noi, La Gang, and Bang Deng Villages (in China). Master’s thesis, Payap University.

External links

• Some links to Wa-related Internet sites
• http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai 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