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 =

| region = China, Burma

| 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

Source:Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington).

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|+Blang consonants

! colspan="2" |

!Labial

!Alveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

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

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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}}

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