Mang language
| Mang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vietnam, China |
| Ethnicity | 4,900 (2007 – 2009 census) |
Native speakers | 3,200 (1999 census – 2007?)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
zng |
| Glottolog |
mang1378[2] |
Mang (Chinese 莽语; autonym: [maŋ˧˥]) is an Austroasiatic language of Vietnam, China, and Laos. It is spoken mainly in Lai Châu Province, Vietnam and across the border in Jinping County, China. It was only recently discovered in 1974.
In China, the Mang people are also called Chaman 岔满, Abi 阿比, Mengga 孟嘎, Bageran 巴格然, and Mo 莫 (Gao 2003:1).
Distribution
In Lai Châu Province, Vietnam, Mang is spoken by 2,200 people in the districts of Sìn Hồ, Mường Tè, Phong Thổ, and in other nearby areas (Gao 2003:1), including in Nậm Ban Township, Sìn Hồ District, Lai Châu Province.[3][4] In China, Mang speakers numbered 606 people in 1999. The Mang of China claim to have migrated from Vietnam in recent times. Gao's (2003) Mang data is from Xinzhai 新寨, Nanke Village 南科村, Jinshuihe Township 金水河镇.[5]
The Jinping County Almanac from the Republic of China period lists 12 Mang villages: Gongdaniu 公打牛,[6] Luowuzhai 落邬寨, Pinghe 坪河 (in Xiazhai 下寨,[7] Zhongzhai 中寨,[8] Shangzhai 上寨), Hetouzhai 河头寨, Guanmuzhai 管木寨, Naxizhai 纳西寨, Bianjiezhai 边界寨, Longshuzhai 龙树寨, Caoguoping 草果坪, Nanke 南科.[9]
References
- ↑ Mang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mang". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ http://cema.gov.vn/modules.php?name=Content&op=details&mid=518
- ↑ Tạ Văn Thông. 2000. "Loại từ trong tiếng Mảng". In Loại từ trong các ngôn ngữ ở Việt Nam: Tập I, p. 229-244. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học Việt Nam.
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188178
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188143
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188177
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188176
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188182
- Nguyễn Văn Lợi; Nguyễn Hữu Hoành; Tạ Văn Thông. 2009. Tiếng Mảng. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội.
- Nguyễn Hùng Mạnh. 2011. Thơ ca dân gian dân tộc Mảng. Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa dân tộc. ISBN 978-604-70-0097-5
External links
- 高永奇 / Gao Yongqi. 2003. 莽语硏究 / Mang yu yan jiu (A Study of Mang). Beijing: 民族出版社 / Min zu chu ban she.
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-93F7-D@view Mang in RWAAI Digital Archive
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