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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Xiandao

Xiandao

A language of China

ISO 639-3xia

Population  100 (1994).
Region  West Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yingjiang County, Jiemao District, Manmian Township, Xiandao and Meng’e villages.
Language map  Southwestern China
Alternate names   Xiandaohua
Dialects  Members of Achang nationality speak it; some consider it a dialect of Achang [acn].
Classification  Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Lolo-Burmese, Burmish, Unclassified
Comments  Classified as Achang nationality. SOV; voiced and voiceless nasals and laterals; loanwords from Chinese, Jingpo, Dai, and Burmese; tonal, 4 tones. Christian.