Angkuic languages

The Angkuic languages are spoken in Yunnan province, China and Shan State, Burma.

Angkuic
Geographic distribution	China, Burma
Ethnicity	Blang people in China and Loi people in Myanmar (Shan and Mongla)
Linguistic classification	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Angkuic
Language codes
Glottolog	angk1246

Languages

• U (P'uman)
• Hu (Kongge, Kun'ge, Kon Keu)
• Man Met (Kemie)
• Mok
• Muak Sa-aak
• Va
• Mong Lue (Tai Loi) ?

Classification

Andrew Hsiu (2015)^[1] proposes the following tentative classification scheme for the Angkuic languages.

Angkuic

• Eastern (Va)
  • Va, Northern
  • Va, Southern
• Northern (U)
  • Xiaoheijiang U (Alva, Auva, U of Shuangjiang)
  • Northeastern U (P’uman, Avala)
  • Northwestern U
• Southern (?)
  • Man Met
  • Hu
  • Muak Sa-aak
  • Angku (?)
• Dagun (?)

Hsiu (2015) suggests that the Angkuic languages originated in the Mekong River valley in the Sipsongpanna area, and subsequently dispersed upstream into western and central Yunnan.

Lexical innovations

Hsiu (2015)^[1] lists the following lexical innovations in each Angkuic branch. Proto-Palaungic reconstructions are from Sidwell (2015).

	'to eat'	'three'	'tooth'	'knife'
Proto-Northern Angkuic	*naʔ	*ʔuaj	*hraŋ[2]	*sak
Proto-Eastern Angkuic	*pra	*kuej	*xaŋ	*jət
Proto-Southern Angkuic	*kʰaːj	*-ɔj	*kʰɛŋ	*wac
Proto-Palaungic	-	*ləʔɔːj	*sraːŋ	*ʋaːc; *ʋiɛk