The Angkuic languages are spoken in Yunnan province, China and Shan State, Burma.
Angkuic | |
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Ethnicity | Blang people in China and Loi people in Myanmar (Shan and Mongla) |
Geographic distribution | China, Burma |
Linguistic classification | Austroasiatic
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Glottolog | angk1246 |
Andrew Hsiu (2015)[1] proposes the following tentative classification scheme for the Angkuic languages.
Hsiu (2015) suggests that the Angkuic languages originated in the Mekong River valley in the Sipsongpanna area, and subsequently dispersed upstream into western and central Yunnan.
Hsiu (2015)[1] lists the following lexical innovations in each Angkuic branch. Proto-Palaungic reconstructions are from Sidwell (2015).
'to eat' | 'three' | 'tooth' | 'knife' | |
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Proto-Northern Angkuic | *naʔ | *ʔuaj | *hraŋ[2] | *sak |
Proto-Eastern Angkuic | *pra | *kuej | *xaŋ | *jət |
Proto-Southern Angkuic | *kʰaːj | *-ɔj | *kʰɛŋ | *wac |
Proto-Palaungic | - | *ləʔɔːj | *sraːŋ | *ʋaːc; *ʋiɛk |
Sources with lexical data of Angkuic languages
Gazetteers and other Chinese government sources with lexical data
Geographic information (village locations)