• Source: Achang language

The Achang language (Achang: Ngachang; Chinese: 阿昌, Burmese: အာချန်) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Achang (also known as Maingtha and Ngochang) in Yunnan, China, and northern Myanmar.




Distribution


Achang is spoken in the following locations:

Longchuan County, Dehong Prefecture
Husa 户撒
Lianghe County, Dehong Prefecture
Zhedao 遮岛
Xiangsong 襄宋
Dachang 大厂
Luxi City, Dehong Prefecture
Jiangdong 江东
Longling County, Baoshan
The three main dialects of Achang in China are:

Longchuan 陇川方言
Lianghe 梁河方言
Mangshi 芒市方言 (formerly known as Luxi 潞西方言)
The Xiandao dialect (100 speakers; autonym: Chintaw /kʰan³¹tau³¹/) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).

Xiandaozhai 仙岛寨, Mangmian Village 芒面村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡
Meng'ezhai 勐俄寨, Mangxian Village 芒线村, Jiemao Township 姐冒乡




Phonology






= Consonants

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Voiced sounds /b, d, dz, dʒ, ɟ, ɡ/ can also be heard as voiceless [p, t, ts, tʃ, c, k] in free variation among speakers.




= Vowels

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/i, ɛ, aˑ/ can also have tense vowel counterparts as [ɪ, æ, ʔaˑ].




Syntax


Achang word order is subject–object–verb. There is no dominant order for nouns and their adjective modifiers.




References






Further reading






External links


Dryer, Matthew S.; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achang language". World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Bible in Achang
Listen to a sample of Achang from Global Recordings Network

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• Theravāda
• Achang language
• Achang people
• Xiandao dialect
• Burmish languages
• ACN
• Languages of Myanmar
• Ngochang language
• Languages of China
• Jingpo language
• Husa knife