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|states=[[Burma]], [[China]]
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|speakers=28,000
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|date=2008
|date=1995–2008
|ref=e16
|ref=e17
|ethnicity=[[Palaung people|Palaung]]
|ethnicity=[[Palaung people|Palaung]]
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic
|familycolor=Austro-Asiatic

Revision as of 19:11, 19 August 2013

Riang
Native toBurma, China
EthnicityPalaung
Native speakers
(28,000 cited 1995–2008)[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 (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
    Yinchia at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon