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{{Short description|Austroasiatic language}}
{{distinguish|Riang language (India)}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Riang
|name=Riang
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|states=[[Burma]], [[China]]
|states=[[Burma]], [[China]]
|ethnicity=[[Palaung people|Palaung]]
|ethnicity=[[Palaung people|Palaung]]
|speakers=28,000
|speakers={{sigfig|27,500|2}}
|date=1995–2008
|date=1995–2008
|ref=e17
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|fam2=[[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]]
|fam2=[[Khasi–Palaungic languages|Khasi–Palaungic]]
|fam3=[[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]]
|fam3=Palaung–Riang
|fam4=
|fam4=Palaung–Riang
|nation=
|nation=
|lc1=ril|ld1=Riang Lang
|lc1=ril|ld1=Riang Lang
|lc2=yin|ld2=Yinchia
|lc2=yin|ld2=Riang Lai
|glotto=rian1260
|glotto=rian1260
|glottorefname=Riang
|glottorefname=Riang
}}
}}


'''Riang''' is a Mon–Khmer language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the [[Karen people|Karen]], but are [[Palaung people|Palaung]] by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang and Yinchia are sometimes considered distinct languages.
'''Riang''' is a [[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]] language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the [[Karen people|Karen]], but are [[Palaung people|Palaung]] by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang and Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.


==References==
==References==
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*Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. ''The Riang language''. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 101. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).


{{Languages of Burma}}
{{Languages of China}}
{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}
{{Austro-Asiatic languages}}
[[Category:Languages of Burma]]
[[Category:Languages of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Palaungic languages]]
[[Category:Palaungic languages]]
[[Category:Languages of China]]
[[Category:Languages of Yunnan]]





Latest revision as of 23:51, 9 April 2023

Riang
Native toBurma, China
EthnicityPalaung
Native speakers
(28,000 cited 1995–2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ril – Riang Lang
yin – Riang Lai
Glottologrian1260
ELPRiang (Myanmar)

Riang is a Palaungic 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 Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.

References

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  1. ^ Riang Lang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Riang Lai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Riang language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 101. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).