Maang language
Maang (Chinese: 么昂语; autonym: maːŋ33 or mӕ̠aŋ33) or Mo'ang (Chinese: 末昂语; autonym: mɯaŋ51) is a Lolo-Burmese language of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam. The Maang are also locally referred to as the Gāokùjiǎo Yí (高裤脚彝; "High-Trousered Yi") by other local ethnic groups (Zhou 2014:1).
| Maang | |
|---|---|
| Mo'ang | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Funing County, Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1982) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | maan1239 |
| ELP | Mo'ang |
Lama (2012) classifies Maang within the Mondzish branch of Lolo–Burmese. Maang has many Zhuang (Central Tai) loanwords (Wang 2018).
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