Mảng language

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Mảng
Native toVietnam, China
EthnicityMảng
Native speakers
(4,900 (2007 – 2009 census) 3,200 cited 1999 – 2007? census)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3zng
Glottologmang1378
ELPMang

Mảng (autonym: [maŋ35]; Chinese: 莽语; pinyin: Mǎngyǔ) is an Austroasiatic language of Vietnam, China, and Laos. It is spoken mainly in Lai Châu Province, Vietnam and across the border in Jinping County, China. It was first documented only in 1974.

In China, the Mảng people are also called Chaman (岔满), Abi (阿比), Mengga (孟嘎), Bageran (巴格然), and Mo (莫).[2] They are officially classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Bulang (布朗族) (Jinping County Gazetteer 1994).

Distribution

In Lai Châu Province, Vietnam, Mảng is spoken by 2,200 people in the districts of Sìn Hồ, Mường Tè, Phong Thổ, and in other nearby areas,[2] including in Nậm Ban Township, Sìn Hồ District, Lai Châu Province.[3][4] In China, Mảng speakers numbered 606 people in 1999. The Mảng of China claim to have migrated from Vietnam in recent times. Gao's (2003) Mảng data is from Xinzhai (新寨), Nanke Village (南科村), and Jinshuihe Township (金水河镇[5]).

The Jinping County Gazetteer from the Republic of China period lists 12 Mảng villages: Gongdaniu (公打牛[6]), Luowuzhai (落邬寨), Pinghe (坪河, in Xiazhai 下寨,[7] Zhongzhai 中寨,[8] Shangzhai 上寨), Hetouzhai (河头寨), Guanmuzhai (管木寨), Naxizhai (纳西寨), Bianjiezhai (边界寨), Longshuzhai (龙树寨), Caoguoping (草果坪), and Nanke (南科[9]).

Phonology

Vowels

Mang vowels
Front Central Back
unrounded short rounded unrounded short rounded short
Close iĭyɨɨ̆uŭ
Mid eĕøɤɤ̆oŏ
Open ɛɛ̆œaăɔɔ̆
Diphthong ɯə

Diphthongs and ɯə are only found in closed syllables, while ua are more common in open syllables.[10]

Consonants

Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
central sibilant
Stop/
Affricate
voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced ɓ ɗ
Fricative voiceless θ s h
voiced v ʑ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ (ŋ̊)
Trill r
Approximant l j (w)

Suprasegmentals (tone, register)

Mang is described as having five tones distributed in unchecked sonorant-final syllables and another two tones in checked syllables.

Lexicon

Numerals

The basic cardinal numbers from 1 to 1000 (transcribed in IPA) are:

1 măk⁶
2 ʑɯəi²
3 pe³
4 pun²
5 hăn²
6 ʑɔ̆m²
7 tăm¹ py³
8 tăm¹ ham²
9 tăm¹ θin²
10 ʑi³ mɛ⁴
100 ran⁵~ʑan⁵
1000 păn⁵

Vocabulary comparison

Comparison of some basic vocabulary words in Mảng with other branches of Austroasiatic:[11]

GlossMảngproto-Waic / proto-PalaungicKhmuBolyuBuganproto-VieticMon / Old Mon
‘I’ʔuː⁴*ʔɨʔ / *ʔɔːʔʔoʔʔaːu⁵⁵ɔ³¹*soːʔoa / ʔɔj
‘water’ʑum¹*rʔom / *ʔoːmʔomnde⁵³nda²⁴*ɗaːkdac / ɗaik
‘two’ʑɨəj⁴*ləʔar / *ləʔaːrbaːrmbi⁵⁵bi³¹*haːrba / ɓar
‘fire’ɲɛ²*ŋɒl / *ŋalpʰrɨəmat³³a̠u³¹*guːskəmot / –
‘blood’haːm¹*hnam / *snaːmmaːmsaːm⁵³sa⁴⁴*ʔasaːmʔchim / chim
‘five’han²*phɒn / *pəsan(Tay Hat sɔːŋ)me³¹mi⁴⁴*ɗampəsɔn / sun
‘eye’mat⁷*ʔŋaj / *ˀŋaːjmatmat⁵³mɛ̱³³*matmòt / mɔt

Morphosyntax

Mảng is an analytic SVO language. However, unlike surrounding Kra-Dai and Hmong-Mien languages which are entirely absent of inflections, Mảng retains Austroasiatic derivational morphology and case-marking on nouns.[12]

θɔ

dog

cǎp

chase

ta-ɲo

ACC-cat

θɔ cǎp ta-ɲo

dog chase ACC-cat

"The dog chases the cat."

ʔu

1SG

ʔo

give

lam

rice

ʔæŋ-ciəj

DAT-chicken

ʔu ʔo lam ʔæŋ-ciəj

1SG give rice DAT-chicken

"I give rice to the chicken."

References

  1. Mảng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Gao (2003), p. 1
  3. "Người Mảng". Trang tin điện tử của Ủy ban Dân tộc (in Vietnamese). 14 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
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  5. "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Nánkē Cūnwěihuì Nánxíng Xīnzhài Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇南科村委会南行新寨村 [Nanxing Xinzhai Village; Nanke Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  6. "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Wūyāpíng Cūnwěihuì Léi Gōngdǎniú Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇乌丫坪村委会雷公打牛村 [Lei Gongdaniu Village; Wuyaping Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  7. "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Nánkē Cūnwěihuì Pínghé Xiàzhài Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇南科村委会坪河下寨村 [Pinghe Xiazhai Village; Nanke Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  8. "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Nánkē Cūnwěihuì Pínghé Zhōngzhài Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇南科村委会坪河中寨村 [Pinghe Zhongzhai Village; Nanke Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  9. "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Nánkē Cūnwěihuì Nánkē Lǎozhài Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇南科村委会南科老寨村 [Nanke Laozhai Village; Nanke Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  10. Sidwell, Paul (2021). "Northern Austroasiatic languages of MSEA". The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia. De Gruyter. pp. 499–546. doi:10.1515/9783110558142-023.
  11. Sidwell, Paul (2021). "Classification of MSEA Austroasiatic languages". The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 179–206. doi:10.1515/9783110558142-011. ISBN 9783110558142.
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  • Nguyễn Văn Lợi; Nguyễn Hữu Hoành; Tạ Văn Thông (2009). Tiếng Mảng (in Vietnamese). Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội.
  • Nguyễn Hùng Mạnh (2011). Thơ ca dân gian dân tộc Mảng (in Vietnamese). Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa dân tộc. ISBN 978-604-70-0097-5.
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