Maleng (autonym: /malɛ̤ŋ²/[2]), also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.
Maleng has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.[3]
Malieng, despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).
Varieties
Maleng consists of three dialect clusters:[2]
- Maleng (Mã Liềng); Kha Pakatan; Malang; Arem/Harème (Rivière 1902).[4] Sub-varieties include Kha Muong Ben and Kha Bo (Fraisse 1950).[5]
- Ma Lieng, also known as Pa Leng (Đặng Nghiêm Vạn et al. 1986)[6]
- Kha Phong (formerly an exonym, but now also used as an autonym); Maleng Kari; Maleng Bro. Also known as Kha Nam Om (Fraisse 1949).[7] The Kha Phong live in 2 to 3 villages in Laos, and in one village in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam. Strongly influenced by Lao. Maleng Bro was documented by Michel Ferlus in 1992 (see Ferlus 1997[8]), and also by the 2012-2013 Russian-Vietnamese Linguistic Expedition.
Distribution
Maleng is spoken in the following villages of Laos and Vietnam.[9]
- Khammouane province, Laos
- Nậm Huay
- Pung Kợt
- Song Khon
- Upper Nrong River
- Xang Huay E An
- Quảng Bình province (500+ people) and Hà Tĩnh province (in Hương Khê district; 133 people in 2012), Vietnam[2]
- Hương Lâm
- Hương Liên
- Lâm Hóa
References
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