Muak Sa-aak (
autonym
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See also
* Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...
: ''mùak sɤ́ʔàak'', meaning 'mountain slope') is an
Angkuic language spoken in the
Burma
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 ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
border region by over 4,000 people.
Demographics
There are some 4,460 Muak Sa-aak in Burma and China. Muak Sa-aak speakers are located primarily in
Mong Yawng Township
Mong Yawng Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းယွင်း, my, မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Tachileik District (formerly part of Mong Hpayak District) in the Shan St ...
, Shan State, Burma (Hall 2010:4). There are at least 2 villages in China, with speakers possibly located in Thailand as well, though it would be nearly extinct there (Hall 2010).
Hall (2010) analyzes phonological data from the Muak Sa-aak village of Wan Fai, eastern Shan State, Burma, which has 620 people and is located very close to the Chinese border.
References
Further reading
*Hall, Elizabeth. 2010.
A Phonology of Muak Sa-aak'. M.A. thesis. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Payap University.
;Journal articles
*Hall, Elizabeth. 2014
Impact of Tai Lue on Muak Sa-aak phonology Mon-Khmer Studies Journal vol. 43.1:24–30.
*Hall, Elizabeth. 2014. An Analysis of Muak Sa-aak Tone. JSEALS vol. 7:1-10.
*Hall, Elizabeth. 2013. A phonological description of Muak Sa-aak. Mon-Khmer Studies Journal vol. 42:26-39
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Palaungic languages