Maang language

Not to be confused with Mang language.

Maang (Chinese: 么昂语; autonym: maːŋ33 or mӕ̠aŋ33) or Mo'ang (Chinese: 末昂语; autonym: mɯaŋ51) is a Lolo-Burmese language of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam. The Maang are also locally referred to as the Gāokùjiǎo Yí (高裤脚彝; "High-Trousered Yi") by other local ethnic groups (Zhou 2014:1).

Maang
Mo'ang
Native to	China
Region	Funing County, Yunnan
Ethnicity	Yi
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Mondzish Maang
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	maan1239
ELP	Mo'ang

Lama (2012) classifies Maang within the Mondzish branch of Lolo–Burmese. Maang has many Zhuang (Central Tai) loanwords (Wang 2018).

Distribution

Zhou (2014:1-2) reports that Mo'ang is spoken in the following villages.

• Banlun township 板仑乡, Funing County, Yunnan
  • Longyang 龙洋^[2] (Maang, Zhuang, and Han Chinese residents)
  • Longmai 龙迈^[3]
  • Mula 木腊^[4] (Maang, Zhuang, and Han Chinese residents)
  • Gongjinwei 公金渭^[5]
  • Kela 克拉^[6]
• Mugan 木甘,^[7] Niuchang village 牛场村, Lida town 里达镇 (Maang, Zhuang residents)
• Muxiongping village 木兄坪村,^[8] Muyang town 木央镇
  • Zhilun 直伦^[9][10] (Maang and Miao residents)
  • Upper Muyang 上木羊^[11][12] (Maang and Miao residents)
  • Lower Muyang 下木羊^[13][14] (Maang and Miao residents)
• Xiaomulun 小睦伦,^[15] Muyang town 木央镇 (Han Chinese, Maang, and Yao residents)
• Ligong 里拱,^[16] Lida town 里达镇, Funing County, Yunnan (also 12 other villages in Lida town 里达镇)
• The villages of Zhechang 者长, Dana 达那, Nianbi 念必 in Napo County, Guangxi province

There are 713 households and 4,079 individuals according to a 2003 estimate by the Funing County government (Zhou 2014:1).