Maleng language

Maleng, also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.

Maleng
Pakatan
Bo
Native toLaos, Vietnam
Native speakers
3,700 (2000–2007)[1]
Dialects
  • Atel
  • Thémarou
  • Arao
  • Makang
  • Malang
  • Maleng
  • Tơe
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pkt – Pakatan
bgl – Bo
Glottologmale1282  Maleng[2]
bola1249  Bo-Maleng[3]

Maleng has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.

Malieng, despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).

References
  1. Pakatan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Bo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Maleng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bo-Maleng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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