| Blang | |
|---|---|
| Pulang | |
| Region | China,Burma |
| Ethnicity | Blang |
Native speakers | (68,000 cited 1994–2000)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Tai Tham | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:blr – Blangstu – Samtao |
stu Samtao | |
| Glottolog | blan1242 Blangsamt1238 Samtao |
| Linguasphere | 46-DBA-c |
Blang (Pulang) is the language of theBlang people of China and Myanmar.
Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.[2]
In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:[3]
Source:[6]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | |||
| Stop | plain | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | h | |||
| Approximant | voiced | w | l | j | ||
| voiceless | l̥ | j̊ | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Front | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||||
| plain | breathy | plain | breathy | plain | breathy | |
| Close | i | i̤ | ɯ | ɯ̤ | u | ṳ |
| Close-mid | e | e̤ | o | o̤ | ||
| Open-mid | ɔ | ɔ̤ | ||||
| Open | a | a̤ | ||||
Blang also has two tones - high and low.
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