Bumang language
| Bumang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Manzhang Dai |
Native speakers | 200 (2007)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bvp |
| Glottolog | None |
| ELP | Bumang |
Bumang (
Honghe Prefecture. The existence of Bumang was only recently documented by Chinese linguist Dao Jie in the mid-2000s. It is closely related to Kháng.[2]
Classification
Palaungic language
.
Although Bumang and
Honghe Prefecture of Yunnan Province in China, they are not closely related and do not appear to be in the same branch together.[2] Whereas Edmondson considers Bumang to likely be a Khmuic language, Mang is not one, and is more closely related to the Bolyu and Bugan
languages of southern China.
Population
The Bumang autonym is bu˨˦maŋ˨˦.
Within Manzhang (曼仗),[4] Mengla District (勐拉地区), Bumang is spoken in Shangmanzhang (上曼仗, with 22 households; known in the Bumang language as ban˩˨jau˥˩) and Xiamanzhang (下曼仗, with 49 households). Shangmanzhang (上曼仗) is located in Tiantou Village (田头村), Mengla Township (勐拉乡), while Xiamanzhang (下曼仗) is situated on a state-run rubber plantation (国营橡胶农场).[3]
The Bumang are descended from Kháng people who had immigrated from Vietnam in the 1800s.[5]
Phonology
Like Kháng, Bumang is a tonal language.
References
- ^ Bumang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Edmondson (2010)
- ^ a b Dao (2007)
- ^ "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Měnglā Xiāng Tiántóu Cūnwěihuì Mànzhàng Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县勐拉乡田头村委会慢仗村 [Manzheng Village, Tiantou Village Committee, Mengla Township, Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ Edmondson (2010), p. 139
Works cited
- Dao, Jie 刀洁 (2007). Bùmáng yǔ yánjiū 布芒语研究 [A Study of Bumang] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- Edmondson, Jerold A. (2010). "The Kháng Language of Vietnam in Comparison to Ksingmul (Xinh-Mun)". In McElhanon, Kenneth A.; Reesink, Ger (eds.). A Mosaic of Languages and Cultures: Studies Celebrating the Career of Karl J. Franklin. SIL e-Books, 19. SIL International. pp. 138–154.