Maang language
| Maang | |
|---|---|
| Mo'ang | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Funing County, Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
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Native speakers
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(5,000 cited 1982) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog | maan1239 |
Maang (Chinese: 么昂语; autonym: maːŋ˧ or mӕ̱aŋ˧) or Mo'ang (Chinese: 末昂语; autonym: mɯaŋ˥˩) is a Lolo-Burmese language of Wenshen Prefecture, Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam. The Maang are also locally referred to as the Gāokùjiǎo Yí (高裤脚彝; "High-Trousered Yi") by other local ethnic groups (Zhou 2014:1).
Lama (2012) classifies Maang within the Mondzish branch of Lolo–Burmese.
Zhou (2014:1-2) reports that Mo'ang is spoken in the following villages.
There are 713 households and 4,079 individuals according to a 2003 estimate by the Funing County government (Zhou 2014:1).
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