Maleng language

Maleng
Pakatan
Bo
Native to Laos, Vietnam
Native speakers
3,700 (2000–2007)[1]
Dialects
Atel
Thémarou
Arao
Makang
Malang
Maleng
Tơe
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
pkt  Pakatan
bgl  Bo
Glottolog male1282  (Maleng)[2]
bola1249  (Bo)[3]

Maleng, also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.

Maleng has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.

Malieng, despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).

References

  1. Pakatan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Bo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Maleng". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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