Blang language
{{Short description|Language of the Blang people}}
{{Redirect|Pulang|films with this title|Pulang (1952 film)|and|Pulang (2018 film)}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Blang
| altname = Pulang
| nativename =
| ethnicity = Blang
| speakers = {{sigfig|68,380|2}}
| date = 1994–2000
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Austro-Asiatic
| fam2 = Khasi–Palaungic
| fam3 = Palaungic
| fam4 = Waic
| dia1 = Phang
| dia2 = Kem Degne
| script =
| lc1 = blr
| ld1 = Blang
| lc2 = stu
| ld2 = Samtao
| linglist = stu
| lingname = Samtao
| glotto = blan1242
| glottoname = Blang
| glotto2 = samt1238
| glottoname2 = Samtao
| lingua = 46-DBA-c
}}
Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of China and Myanmar.
Dialects
Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.{{Cite web |title=Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft) |url=http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922081933/http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm |archive-date=2018-09-22 |access-date=2012-04-22}}
In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:{{harvp|Li|Nie|Qiu|1986}}
- Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County{{Cite web |title=Měnghǎi Xiàn Bùlǎngshān Xiāng Měngáng Cūnwěihuì Xīnmàné Zìráncūn |script-title=zh:勐海县布朗山乡勐昂村委会新曼峨自然村 |trans-title=Xinman'e Natural Village, Mengang Village Committee, Bulangshan Township, Menghai County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=140952 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044658/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=140952 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2013-03-07 |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh}}
- A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County{{Cite web |title=Měnghǎi Xiàn Měngmǎn Zhèn Guānshuāng Cūnwěihuì Guānshuāng |script-title=zh:勐海县勐满镇关双村委会关双 |trans-title=Guanshuang, Guanshuang Village Committee, Mengman Town, Menghai County |url=http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=178019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305050605/http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=178019 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |access-date=2013-03-07 |website=ynszxc.gov.cn |language=zh}}
Phonology
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|+Blang consonants ! colspan="2" | |
rowspan="2" |Nasal
!{{small|voiced}} |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
---|
{{small|voiceless}}
|{{IPA link|m̥}} |{{IPA link|n̥}} |{{IPA link|ɲ̊}} | | |
rowspan="2" |Stop
!{{small|plain}} |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|c}} |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |
{{small|aspirated}}
|{{IPA link|pʰ}} |{{IPA link|tʰ}} |{{IPA link|cʰ}} |{{IPA link|kʰ}} | |
colspan="2" |Fricative
|{{IPA link|f}} |{{IPA link|s}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |
rowspan="2" |Approximant
!{{small|voiced}} |{{IPA link|w}} |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
{{small|voiceless}}
| |{{IPA link|l̥}} |{{IPA link|j̊}} | | |
colspan="2" |Trill
| |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |
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|+Blang vowels ! rowspan="3" | ! colspan="2" |Front ! colspan="4" |Back |
class="small"
! colspan="4" |unrounded ! colspan="2" |rounded |
{{Small|plain}}
!{{Small|breathy}} !{{Small|plain}} !{{Small|breathy}} !{{Small|plain}} !{{Small|breathy}} |
---|
Close
|{{IPA link|i}} |{{IPA link|i̤}} |{{IPA link|ɯ}} |{{IPA link|ɯ̤}} |{{IPA link|u}} |{{IPA link|ṳ}} |
Close-mid
|{{IPA link|e}} |{{IPA link|e̤}} | | |{{IPA link|o}} |{{IPA link|o̤}} |
Open-mid
| | | | |{{IPA link|ɔ}} |{{IPA link|ɔ̤}} |
Open
|{{IPA link|a}} |{{IPA link|a̤}} | | | | |
Blang also has two tones - high and low.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
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- {{Cite book |last=Li |first=Daoyong 李道勇 |title=Bùlǎngyǔ jiǎnzhì |last2=Nie |first2=Xizhen 聂锡珍 |last3=Qiu |first3=Efeng 邱锷锋 |date=1986 |publisher=Minzu chubanshe |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:布朗語简志 |trans-title=A Sketch of Blang}}
- {{Cite thesis |last=Harper |first=Jero Alan |title=Phonological Descriptions of Plang spoken in Man Noi, La Gang, and Bang Deng Villages (in China) |date=2009 |degree=MA |publisher=Payap University |url=http://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Jerod_Harper_Thesis.pdf |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809082609/http://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Jerod_Harper_Thesis.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-09}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://www.humancomp.org/puivax/wa_links.htm 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
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