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Wikipedia / Achang language

The Achang language (Achang: ; , ) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (also known as Maingtha and Ngochang) in Yunnan, China, and northern Myanmar.

Distribution

Achang is spoken in the following locations:

Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture

  • Husa

Lianghe County, Dehong Prefecture

  • Zhedao

  • Xiangsong

  • Dachang

Luxi City, Dehong Prefecture

The three main dialects of Achang in China are:

  • Longchuan 陇川方言

  • Lianghe 梁河方言

  • Mangshi 芒市方言 (formerly known as Luxi 潞西方言)

The Xiandao dialect (100 speakers; autonym: Chintaw //) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).

  • Xiandaozhai , Mangmian Village , Jiemao Township

  • Meng'ezhai , Mangxian Village , Jiemao Township

Phonology

Consonants

Voiced sounds can also be heard as voiceless in free variation among speakers.

Vowels

can also have lax vowel counterparts as .

Syntax

Achang word order is subject–object–verb. There is no dominant order for nouns and their adjective modifiers.

References

Further reading

  • Shí, Jiàn; Jiǎng, Guāngyǒu; Zhào, Yànzhēn [时建，蒋光友，赵燕珍] (2019). Yúnnán Mángshì Lùxī Āchāngyǔ [云南芒市潞西阿昌语]. Beijing: Commercial Press [商务印书馆].

  • (3,023-item comparative word list of the Longchuan, Lianghe, and Mangshi dialects)