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A language of China

ISO 639-3
uuu
Alternate Names
A’erwa, Awa, Awa Blang, P’uman, Puman, Wa, Wu, Wu Blang
User Population

30,000 (Shearer and Sun 2017).

Location

Southwest Yunnan Province, Baoshan municipal prefecture, Shidian and Changning counties. May be in Myanmar.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting). Language of recognized nationality: Blang.

Classification
Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Palaungic, Eastern Palaungic, Angkuic
Dialects

Pangpin, Gantang. Not closely related to Blang [blr] (1990 J-O. Svantesson). May be same as Wu dialect of Wa [wbm] in Myanmar and Hu [huo] of China. Lexical similarity: 76% between Gantang and Pangpin; 60% with Blang [blr] (Shearer and Sun 2017).

Language Use

Shifting to Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 77%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about U
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Different from Awa [vwa]. Buddhist, traditional religion.