| Riang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Burma,China |
| Ethnicity | Palaung |
Native speakers | (28,000 cited 1995–2008)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:ril – Riang Langyin – Riang Lai |
| Glottolog | rian1260 |
| ELP | Riang (Myanmar) |
Riang is aPalaungic language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with theKaren, but arePalaung by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang and Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.
Riang Lang consonants described by Hall (2018):
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ||||
| Nasal | voiced | m | n | ɲ̟ | ŋ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||
| voiced | l | |||||
| Rhotic | voiced | r | ||||
| Approximant | voiced | w | j | |||
Vowels (Hall 2018):
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | aː | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | a | ɔ |
| Diphthongs | [ia] | [ua] |
Riang Lang issesquisyllabic and has twotones. Its typical word template is ((C)ə̆(C)).(C)(C)V(C)t.[2]
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