Achang language

Achang
Achang
Ngachang အာချန် / ငါချန်
Pronunciation	[ŋa˨˩tʂhaŋ˨˩]
Native to	China, Myanmar
Ethnicity	Achang
Native speakers	(60,000 cited 1990–2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Burmish Burmic Achang; ; ; ; ;
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]

Distribution

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).

Consonant phonemes^[5]
		Labial	Alveolar		Post-Alv.	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		Labial	plain	sibilant	Post-Alv.	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tsʰ	tʃʰ	cʰ	kʰ	ʔ
Stop	voiced	b	d	dz	dʒ	ɟ	g	ʔ
Fricative			s		ʃ	ç		h
Nasal		m	n				ŋ
Approximant		w	l			j

Achang word order is subject-object-verb (SOV). There is no dominant order for nouns and their adjective modifiers.^[6]

^ Achang at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
^ "Achang". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
^ "Yíngjiāng Xiàn Nòngzhāng Zhèn Mángmiǎn Cūn Xiāndǎo Zìráncūn" 盈江县弄璋镇芒缅村仙岛自然村 [Xiandao Natural Village, Mangmian Village, Nongzhang Town, Yingjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
^ "Yíngjiāng Xiàn Nòngzhāng Zhèn Mángxiàn Cūn Měngé Zìráncūn" 盈江县弄璋镇芒线村勐俄自然村 [Meng'e Natural Village, Mangxian Village, Nongzhang Town, Yingjiang County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2016-03-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
^ ^a ^b Inglis & Inglis (2003)
^ "Language Achang". The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

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