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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Myanmar > Yinchia

Yinchia

A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3yin

Population  12,000 (2008).
Region  South Shan state.
Alternate names   Black Riang, Ranei, Striped Karen, Yinnet
Dialects  Related to Riang Lang [ril]. Not Karen.
Classification  Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Palaungic, Western Palaungic, Riang
Comments  Called a type of Karen by the Burmese or Shan ‘yin’ or ‘yang’ because of their colorful dress. SVO.