Riang language

Riang
Riang
Native to	Burma, China
Ethnicity	Palaung
Native speakers	(28,000 cited 1995–2008)
Language family	Austroasiatic Khasi–Palaungic Palaungic Palaung–Riang Riang; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; ril – Riang Lang; yin – Riang Lai
Glottolog	rian1260
ELP	Riang (Myanmar)

Riang is a Palaungic 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 Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.

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