The Achang language (Achang: ''Ngachang''; , ) is a
Tibeto-Burman language
The Tibeto-Burman languages are the non-Sinitic members of the Sino-Tibetan language family, over 400 of which are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia. Around 60 million people speak ...
spoken by the
Achang (also known as Maingtha and Ngochang) in
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, and northern
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
Distribution
Achang is spoken in the following locations:
*
Longchuan County,
Dehong Prefecture
** Husa
*
Lianghe County
Lianghe County (; th, เมืองตี) is located in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, southwest China
Southwest China () is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China.
Geography
Southwest China is a rugged and mountai ...
,
Dehong Prefecture
** Zhedao
** Xiangsong
** Dachang
*
Luxi City
Mangshi (; tdd, ᥝᥥᥒᥰ ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥑᥩᥢᥴ; Jingpho: Mangshi Myu), former name Luxi (), is a county-level city and the seat of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, western Yunnan province, China. Mangshi has an area of , wit ...
,
Dehong Prefecture
** Jiangdong
*
Longling County
Longling County () is a county in Baoshan City, in the west of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south.
Its capital is the large community Longshan ().
The site of the Songshan Battlefield () (1944 during the Second S ...
,
Baoshan
The
Xiandao dialect
The Xiandao language (Xiandao: ''Chintau'' ; ) is an endangered Burmish language spoken by the Xiandao people who live at the border area between Myanmar and Yunnan, China. It is closely related to the Achang language and is considered by many ...
(100 speakers;
autonym
Autonym may refer to:
* Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym
* Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name
See also
* Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...
: ''Chintaw'' //) is spoken in the following two locations in
Yingjiang County
Yingjiang County (; th, เมืองหล้า) is a county in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Burma's Kachin State to the west.
Geography
Yingjiang county has a border of with Kachin State, Myanmar in the west. Th ...
,
Dehong Prefecture (''Xiandaoyu Yanjiu'').
* Xiandaozhai , Mangmian Village , Jiemao Township
* Meng'ezhai , Mangxian Village , Jiemao Township
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Syntax
Achang word order is
subject-object-verb (SOV). There is no dominant order for nouns and their adjective modifiers.
References
Further reading
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External links
*
Bible in AchangListen to a sample of Achang from Global Recordings Network
Languages of China
Burmish languages
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