From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austroasiatic language
Not to be confused with Riang language (India) .
Riang Native to Burma , China Ethnicity Palaung Native speakers
(28,000 cited 1995–2008)[1] Language family
ISO 639-3 Either:ril
– Riang Langyin
– Riang Lai Glottolog rian1260
ELP Riang (Myanmar)
Riang is a Palaungic language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the Karen , but are Palaung by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang and Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.
References [ ]
^ Riang Lang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Riang Lai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Riang language . Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 101. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
Languages of Myanmar
Official language Semiofficial language Indigenous languages (by state or region )
Chin
Kachin
Kayah Kayin Magway Mon Rakhine Sagaing
Shan
Tanintharyi
Non-Indigenous
Immigrant language
Burmese
Hindi
Punjabi
Russian
Vietnamese
Working language
Sign languages
Languages of China
Official Regional
ARs / SARs
Cantonese HK /MC
English HK
Mongolian NM
Portuguese MC
Tibetan XZ
Uyghur XJ
Zhuang GX
Prefecture Counties /Banners numerous
Indigenous
Minority
Kazakh
Korean
Kyrgyz
Russian
Tatar
Tuvan
Uzbek
Vietnamese (Kinh)
Wakhi
Varieties of Chinese
Mandarin
Southwestern
Dongbei
Jiang Huai
Gan
Hakka
Hui
Jin
Min
Ping
Wu
Xiang
Yue
Creole/Mixed
E
Hezhou
Lingling
Macanese
Maojia
Qoqmončaq
Sanqiao
Tangwang
Wutun
Extinct
Ba-Shu
Jie
Khitan
Old Yue
Ruan-ruan
Saka
Tangut
Tocharian
Tuoba
Tuyuhun
Xianbei
Zhang-Zhung
Sign
Chinese Sign
Tibetan Sign XZ
GX = Guangxi
HK = Hong Kong
MC = Macau
NM = Inner Mongolia
XJ = Xinjiang
XZ = Tibet
Austroasiatic languages
West Katuic Ta'oihic Pacoh Katu
Pearic
Pear Western Pearic (Chong)
Central
Central Chong
Samre
Kasong
Western Northern Southern
Khasic
Khasi-Pnar-Lyngngam
Khasi
Pnar
Lyngngam
Maharam
War
Palaungic
Danau West Palaungic East Palaungic
others
Munda
North
South
Kharia Juang Sora-Gorum Gutob-Remo Gta’
Aslian
Jahaic (Northern)Senoic (Central)Jah Hut Semelaic (Southern)unclassified
Proto-languages
Proto-Austroasiatic
Proto-Palaungic
Proto-Khmeric
Proto-Aslian
Proto-Munda
Italics indicates extinct languages
Categories :
Languages of Myanmar Palaungic languages Languages of China Austroasiatic language stubs Hidden categories:
Pages containing links to subscription-only content Language articles citing Ethnologue 18 Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data All stub articles