Maleng, also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a
Vietic language
The Vietic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by the Vietic peoples in Laos and Vietnam. The branch was once referred to by the terms ''Việt–Mường'', ''Annamese–Muong'', and ''Vietnamuong''; the term ''V ...
of Laos and Vietnam.
Maleng has the four-way
register
Register or registration may refer to:
Arts entertainment, and media Music
* Register (music), the relative "height" or range of a note, melody, part, instrument, etc.
* ''Register'', a 2017 album by Travis Miller
* Registration (organ), th ...
system of
Thavung augmented with
pitch.
[Sidwell, Paul]
Vietic languages
Mon-Khmer Languages Project.
''Malieng'', despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of
Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120321112336/http://cema.gov.vn/modules.php?name=Content&op=details&mid=493
Languages of Laos
Languages of Vietnam
Vietic languages
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