# Blang language
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{{Short description|Language of the Blang people}}
{{Redirect|Pulang|another use|Pulang (film)}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Blang
| altname = ''Pulang''
| nativename =
| region = [China](/source/China), [Burma](/source/Burma)
| ethnicity = [Blang](/source/Blang_people)
| speakers = {{sigfig|68,380|2}}
| date = 1994–2000
| ref = e18
| familycolor = Austro-Asiatic
| fam2 = [Khasi–Palaungic](/source/Khasi%E2%80%93Palaungic_languages)
| fam3 = [Palaungic](/source/Palaungic_languages)
| fam4 = [Waic](/source/Waic_languages)
| dia1 = Phang
| dia2 = Kem Degne
| script = [Tai Tham](/source/Tai_Tham_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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).]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Blang consonants
! colspan="2" |
|-
! rowspan="2" |[Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
!{{small|[voiced](/source/voice_(phonetics))}}
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
|
|-
!{{small|[voiceless](/source/voicelessness)}}
|{{IPA link|m̥}}
|{{IPA link|n̥}}
|{{IPA link|ɲ̊}}
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[Stop](/source/Stop_consonant)
!{{small|plain}}
|{{IPA link|p}}
|{{IPA link|t}}
|{{IPA link|c}}
|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|ʔ}}
|-
!{{small|[aspirated](/source/Aspiration_(phonetics))}}
|{{IPA link|pʰ}}
|{{IPA link|tʰ}}
|{{IPA link|cʰ}}
|{{IPA link|kʰ}}
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[Fricative](/source/Fricative_consonant)
|{{IPA link|f}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
|
|
|{{IPA link|h}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |[Approximant](/source/Approximant_consonant)
!{{small|[voiced](/source/voice_(phonetics))}}
|{{IPA link|w}}
|{{IPA link|l}}
|{{IPA link|j}}
|
|
|-
!{{small|[voiceless](/source/voicelessness)}}
|
|{{IPA link|l̥}}
|{{IPA link|j̊}}
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[Trill](/source/Trill_consonant)
|
|{{IPA link|r}}
|
|
|
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Blang vowels
! rowspan="3" |
! colspan="2" |[Front](/source/Front_vowel)
! colspan="4" |[Back](/source/Back_vowel)
|- class="small"
! colspan="4" |unrounded
! colspan="2" |rounded
|-
!{{Small|plain}}
!{{Small|breathy}}
!{{Small|plain}}
!{{Small|breathy}}
!{{Small|plain}}
!{{Small|breathy}}
|-
|{{IPA link|i}}
|{{IPA link|i̤}}
|{{IPA link|ɯ}}
|{{IPA link|ɯ̤}}
|{{IPA link|u}}
|{{IPA link|ṳ}}
|-
|{{IPA link|e}}
|{{IPA link|e̤}}
|
|
|{{IPA link|o}}
|{{IPA link|o̤}}
|-
|
|
|
|
|{{IPA link|ɔ}}
|{{IPA link|ɔ̤}}
|-
|{{IPA link|a}}
|{{IPA link|a̤}}
|
|
|
|
|}
Blang also has two tones - high and low.
== See also ==
*[Wa language](/source/Wa_language)
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== Sources ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{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:布朗语简志 |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}}
{{refend}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.humancomp.org/puivax/wa_links.htm 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](/source/hdl%3A10050%2F00-0000-0000-0003-9BBE-B%40view) Samtao in RWAAI Digital Archive
* Recordings of 'Pang' are [available in the Xuan Guan Collection](/source/hdl%3A10125%2F37818) of [Kaipuleohone](/source/Kaipuleohone) archive
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{{Languages of China}}
{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}
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Category:Palaungic languages
Category:Languages of Myanmar
Category:Languages of Yunnan
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