Achang language
| Achang | |
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| Native to | China, Burma |
| Ethnicity | Achang |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1990–2007)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
acn |
| Glottolog |
acha1249[2] |
The Achang language (autonym: ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩; Chinese: 阿昌) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (AKA Maingtha) in China. Also called Ngochang.
Distribution
Achang is spoken in the following locations (阿昌语简志).
- Longchuan County
- Husa 户撒
- Lianghe County
- Zhedao 遮岛
- Xiangsong 襄宋
- Dachang 大厂
- Luxi City
- Jiangdong 江东
- Longling County
Xiandao
The Xiandao 仙岛 dialect (100 speakers; autonym kʰan˧˩tau˧˩) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan, China (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).
- Xiandaozhai 仙岛寨, Mangmian Village 芒面村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡[3]
- Meng'ezhai 勐俄寨, Mangxian Village 芒线村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡[4]
Further Reading
- Inglis, Douglas. 2003. A preliminary phonology of Ngochang. Payap University, Graduate School, Linguistics Department.
- Nasaw Sampu, Wilai Jaseng, Thocha Jana, and Douglas Inglis (2005). A preliminary Ngochang - Kachin- English Lexicon. Payap University, Graduate School, Linguistics Department.
- Yabu Shirō 藪 司郎 (1990). "The Achang Language of Burma." アジアの諸言語と一般言語学 Ajia no shogengo to ippan gengogaku / Asian languages and general linguistics. 崎山理 Osamu Sakiyama, et al. Tokyo: 三省堂 Sanseidō. 124-141.
References
- ↑ Achang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Achang". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=150440
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=150426
External links
- Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achang language". World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Bible in Achang
- Listen to a sample of Achang from Global Recordings Network
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