Blang language

"Pulang" redirects here. For films with this title, see Pulang (1952 film) and Pulang (2018 film).

Blang (Pulang) is the language of the Blang people of China and Myanmar.

Blang
Pulang
Region	China, Burma
Ethnicity	Blang
Native speakers	(68,000 cited 1994–2000)[1]
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Waic Blang
Dialects	Phang Kem Degne
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: blr – Blang stu – Samtao
Linguist List	stu Samtao
Glottolog	blan1242  Blang samt1238  Samtao
Linguasphere	46-DBA-c

Dialects

Samtao of Myanmar is a dialect of Blang language.^[2]

In Yunnan province of China, Blang dialects include the following:^[3]

• Bulang 布朗; representative dialect: Xinman'e 新曼俄, Bulangshan District 布朗山区, Menghai County^[4]
• A'erwa 阿尔佤 (Awa 阿佤); representative dialect: Guanshuang 关双, Mengman Township 勐满镇, Menghai County^[5]

Phonology

Source:^[6]

Blang consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	voiced	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
	voiceless	m̥	n̥	ɲ̊
Stop	plain	p	t	c	k	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	cʰ	kʰ
Fricative		f	s			h
Approximant	voiced	w	l	j
	voiceless		l̥	j̊
Trill			r

Blang vowels

	Front		Back
	unrounded				rounded
	plain	breathy	plain	breathy	plain	breathy
Close	i	i̤	ɯ	ɯ̤	u	ṳ
Close-mid	e	e̤			o	o̤
Open-mid					ɔ	ɔ̤
Open	a	a̤

Blang also has two tones - high and low.

See also

• Wa language