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Meung Yum language

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Region
  
Burma

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Native speakers
  
8,000 (2013)

Glottolog
  
None

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Palaungic Waic Wa Meung Yum

Meung Yum is a Waic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Shan State, Burma.

Contents

Comparing Meung Yum data from Namt Yoke, Loi Yang, Pang Wan, and Pan Tang villages, Phung (2013) has determined Meung Yum to be a variety of Wa.

Names

Other names for Meung Yum include (Myint 2013:3):

  • Kon Loi
  • Loi
  • Wa Chu
  • Wa
  • Awa
  • La

    • Demographics

    Meung Yum speakers live in Kunlong Township (with 21 Meung Yum villages) and Hopang Township (with 30 Meung Yum villages), with each township have about an equal number of speakers (Myint 2013:6).

    9 villages have only Meung Yum people.

  • Kunlong Township
  • Namt Yoke
  • Pang Khaw
  • Pang Wan
  • Man Pein
  • Pa Paw
  • Kaung Sang
  • Man Kan
  • Wa State
  • Meung Yum
  • Noat Awng

    • References

    Meung Yum language Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA