Achang language

Achang
Ngachang
Native to	China, Burma
Ethnicity	Achang
Native speakers	(60,000 cited 1990–2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Burmish Burmic Achang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	acn
Glottolog	acha1249

The Achang language (autonym: ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩; Chinese: 阿昌) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (also known as Maingtha and Ngochang) in Yunnan, China.

Distribution

Achang is spoken in the following locations (阿昌语简志):

• Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture
  • Husa 户撒
• Lianghe County, Dehong Prefecture
  • Zhedao 遮岛
  • Xiangsong 襄宋
  • Dachang 大厂
• Luxi City, Dehong Prefecture
  • Jiangdong 江东
• Longling County, Baoshan

The Xiandao 仙岛 dialect (100 speakers; autonym kʰan˧˩tau˧˩) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).

• Xiandaozhai 仙岛寨, Mangmian Village 芒面村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡
• Meng'ezhai 勐俄寨, Mangxian Village 芒线村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas. 2003. A preliminary phonology of Ngochang. Payap University, Graduate School, Linguistics Department.
• Nasaw Sampu, Wilai Jaseng, Thocha Jana, and Douglas Inglis (2005). A preliminary Ngochang - Kachin- English Lexicon. Payap University, Graduate School, Linguistics Department.
• Yabu Shirō 藪 司郎 (1990). "The Achang Language of Burma." アジアの諸言語と一般言語学 Ajia no shogengo to ippan gengogaku / Asian languages and general linguistics. 崎山理 Osamu Sakiyama, et al. Tokyo: 三省堂 Sanseidō. 124-141.

External links

• Dryer, Matthew S.; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achang language". World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
• Bible in Achang
• Listen to a sample of Achang from Global Recordings Network