Maang

Nationality Classification
彝族 Yi
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
末昂语(也称:么昂语)
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Maang
ISO 639-3 Code
{mis}
Language Stock Classification
藏缅语族 Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Southeastern Yunnan in Funing County, in Banlun District in the following five villages: Longyang (Maang, Zhuang, and Han residents), Longmai, Mula (Maang, Zhuang, and Han Chinese residents), Gongjinwei, Kela; in Lida Township's Mugan (Niuchang Village Committee; Maang and Zhuang residents), Ligong and 12 other villages in Lida township; in Muyang Township's Muxiongping Village Committee's Zhilun (Maang and Miao residents), Upper Muyang (Maang and Miao residents) and Lower Muyang (Maang and Miao residents) and Xiaomulun (Han Chinese, Maang, and Yao residents). Also spoken in the three villages of Zhechang, Dana, and Nianbi in neighboring Napo County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
5,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2003