Achang | |
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Ngachang အာချန် / ငါချန် | |
Pronunciation | [ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩] |
Native to | China, Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Achang |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1990–2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | acn |
Glottolog | acha1252 |
ELP | Xiandao |
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.[2]
Achang is spoken in the following locations (阿昌语简志):
The Chintaw or Xiandao 仙岛 dialect (100 speakers; autonym kʰan˧˩ tau˧˩) is spoken in the following two locations in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture (Xiandaoyu Yanjiu).
Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Stop | pʰ b | tʰ d | cʰ ɟ | kʰ ɡ | ʔ | |
Affricate | tsʰ dz | tʃʰ dʒ | ||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | ç | h | ||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɯ | u |
Mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | aˑ a |
Achang word order is subject-object-verb (SOV). There is no dominant order for nouns and their adjective modifiers.[6]