Blang (Pulang) is a Waic language cluster spoken by the Blang people of China and Myanmar. Within China, the Blang nationality operates as a broad, umbrella category that encompasses numerous distinct non-Wa, non-Palaung Austroasiatic-speaking communities across Yunnan province. This official ethnic classification includes the proper Blangs who actually belong to the Waic subgroup of the Palaungic branch, and virtually all Angkuic-speaking groups.
Dialects Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.
In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following: Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County
Phonology Source:Block, Karen Louise. 1994. Discourse Grammar of First Person Narrative in Plang. (MA thesis, University of Texas at Arlington). +Blang consonantsLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalStopFricativeApproximantTrill +Blang vowelsFrontBackunroundedroundedCloseClose-midOpen-midOpen Blang also has two tones - high and low.
See also Wa language
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External links 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