Maang language
Maang or Mo'ang is a Lolo-Burmese language of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam. The Maang are also locally referred to as the Gāokùjiǎo Yí by other local ethnic groups.
Lama classifies Maang within the Mondzish branch of Lolo–Burmese. Maang has many Zhuang loanwords.Distribution
Zhou reports that Mo'ang is spoken in the following villages.
- Banlun township 板仑乡, Funing County, Yunnan
- *Longyang 龙洋
- *Longmai 龙迈
- *Mula 木腊
- *Gongjinwei 公金渭
- *Kela 克拉
- Mugan 木甘, Niuchang village 牛场村, Lida town 里达镇
- Muxiongping village 木兄坪村, Muyang town 木央镇
- *Zhilun 直伦
- *Upper Muyang 上木羊
- *Lower Muyang 下木羊
- Xiaomulun 小睦伦, Muyang town 木央镇
- Ligong 里拱, Lida town 里达镇, Funing County, Yunnan
- The villages of Zhechang 者长, Dana 达那, Nianbi 念必 in Napo County, Guangxi province
There are 713 households and 4,079 individuals according to a 2003 estimate by the Funing County government.
