Social:Achang language
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Short description: Tibeto-Burman language of China and Myanmar
| Achang | |
|---|---|
| Ngachang အာချန် / ငါချန် | |
| Pronunciation | [ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩] |
| Native to | China , Myanmar |
| Ethnicity | Achang |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1990–2007)e25 |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | acn |
| Glottolog | acha1252[1] |
The Achang language (Achang: Ngachang; Chinese: 阿昌, Burmese: အာချန်) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (also known as Maingtha and Ngochang) in Yunnan, China , and northern Myanmar.[2]
Distribution
Achang is spoken in the following locations:
- Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture
- Husa 户撒
- Lianghe County, Dehong Prefecture
- Zhedao 遮岛
- Xiangsong 襄宋
- Dachang 大厂
- Luxi City, Dehong Prefecture
- Jiangdong 江东
- Longling County, Baoshan
The Xiandao dialect (100 speakers; autonym: Chintaw /kʰan˧˩ tau˧˩/) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).
- Xiandaozhai 仙岛寨, Mangmian Village 芒面村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡[3]
- Meng'ezhai 勐俄寨, Mangxian Village 芒线村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡[4]
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alv. | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | sibilant | |||||||
| Stop | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tsʰ | tʃʰ | cʰ | kʰ | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | dz | dʒ | ɟ | g | ||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | ç | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɯ | u |
| Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | aˑ a |
Syntax
Achang word order is subject–object–verb. There is no dominant order for nouns and their adjective modifiers.[6]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Achangic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/acha1252.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namede25 - ↑ "Yíngjiāng Xiàn Nòngzhāng Zhèn Mángmiǎn Cūn Xiāndǎo Zìráncūn" (in zh). http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=150440.
- ↑ "Yíngjiāng Xiàn Nòngzhāng Zhèn Mángxiàn Cūn Měngé Zìráncūn" (in zh). 2016-03-09. http://ynszxc.gov.cn/villagepage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=150426.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Inglis & Inglis (2003)
- ↑ "Language Achang" (in en). https://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_acn.
Further reading
- Inglis, Douglas; Inglis, Connie (2003) (in en), A Preliminary Phonology of Ngochang, https://www.academia.edu/7152884
- Nasaw Sampu; Wilai Jaseng; Thocha Jana; Douglas Inglis (2005) (in en), A Preliminary Ngochang – Kachin – English Lexicon, https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/15/81/70/158170671210152244809163838492862679444/08NgochLexInglis2005.pdf
- Yabu, Shirō 藪 司郎 (1990). "The Achang Language of Burma". in Sakiyama, Osamu 崎山 理. Ajia no shogengo to ippan gengogaku. Tokyo: Sanseidō. pp. 124–141.
External links
- Dryer, Matthew S.; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2013). "Achang language". World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. http://wals.info/languoid/lect/wals_code_acn.
- Bible in Achang
- Listen to a sample of Achang from Global Recordings Network
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