Achang language

Achang
Native to	China, Burma
Ethnicity	Achang
Native speakers	unknown (63,000 cited 1990–2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Burmish Burmic Achang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	acn
Glottolog	acha1249[2]

The Achang language (autonym: ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩; Chinese: 阿昌) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (AKA Maingtha) in China. Also called Ngochang.

Distribution

Achang is spoken in the following locations (阿昌语简志).

• Longchuan County
  • Husa 户撒
• Lianghe County
  • Zhedao 遮岛
  • Xiangsong 襄宋
  • Dachang 大厂
• Luxi City
  • Jiangdong 江东
• Longling County

Xiandao

The Xiandao 仙岛 dialect (100 speakers; autonym kʰan˧˩tau˧˩) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan, China (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]

Further Reading

• Inglis, Douglas. 2003. A preliminary phonology of Ngochang. Payap University, Graduate School, Linguistics Department.

References

1. Achang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=150440
4. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=150426

External links

• Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.) 2013. Achang language. In the World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
• Bible in Achang