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|states=[[Burma]], [[China]]
|states=[[Burma]], [[China]]
|speakers=16,000
|speakers=28,000
|date=1995–2008
|date=2008
|ref=e16
|ref=e16
|ethnicity=Black Riang, Red Riang
|ethnicity=[[Palaung people|Palaung]]
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|fam2=[[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]]
|fam2=[[Palaungic languages|Palaungic]]
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|fam3=Palaung–Riang
|fam4=Riangic
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|nation=
|iso3=ril}}
|lc1=ril|ld1=Riang Lang
|lc2=yin|ld2=Yinchia
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'''Riang''' is a Mon–Khmer language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the [[Karen people|Karen]], but their language is unrelated.
'''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.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:25, 4 April 2012

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

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 at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
    Yinchia at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon