Riang language

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Riang
Native to Burma, China
Ethnicity Palaung
Native speakers
28,000  (1995–2008)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ril  Riang Lang
yin  Yinchia

Riang is a Mon–Khmer 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 Yinchia are sometimes considered distinct languages.

References

  1. Riang Lang reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Yinchia reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)


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