Bumang (Chinese: 布芒语) is a tonal Austroasiatic language of Yunnan, China. It is spoken by about 200 people in Manzhang (曼仗), Mengla District (勐拉地区), Jinping County, Honghe Prefecture. The existence of Bumang was only recently documented by Chinese linguist Dao Jie in the mid-2000s. It is closely related to Kháng.[2]
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Bumang (Chinese: 布芒语) is a tonal Austroasiatic language of Yunnan, China. It is spoken by about 200 people in Manzhang (曼仗), Mengla District (勐拉地区), Jinping...
classified as Palaungic by Diffloth. Bumang, formerly classified as Khmuic, is classified as a Palaungic language by Paul Sidwell. Jerold A. Edmondson...
Khang/Khao, Bumang Diagnostic Palaungic lexical innovations as identified by Paul Sidwell (2021) are: Sidwell, Paul (2015). The Palaungic Languages: Classification...
of Shan languages. For instance, the Tai Lue and Tai Nuea peoples are actually subgroups of the Shan people. Despite this, speakers of Bumang are also...
political endorsements, no self promotion, no ignorance". (budang, busi, bumai, bumang) Hu's social views were pro-Western and in line with the New Culture Movement's...
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