Riang Lang
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A language of Myanmar
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Black Karen, Black Riang, Black Yang, Drum, Riang, Yang, Yang Lang, Yang Wan Kun, Yanglam, Yin, Yin Net, Yinnet
Population
12,500 in Myanmar (2008). Total users in all countries: 15,500.
Location
Shan State: Hopang district, near southern Shan town of Pang Long.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Dialects
Black Riang, Red Riang, Yinja. Not related to Kok Borok [trp]-speaking Riang of India and Bangladesh or to Pa’o [blk], which is Sino-Tibetan. Red and Black Riang difference unknown but these have been treated as separate languages; traditionally, the two groups occupy different social and geographic space, and wear different traditional clothing styles. May be the same language as Shwe Palaung [pll].
Typology
SVO.
Language Use
Endangered. Also use Shan [shn].
Language Development
Bible portions: 1950.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Different from Riang [ria] of India, a Tibeto-Burman language. Buddhist, traditional religion.