Motang (autonym: mo˨˩taŋ˨˩ saŋ˥˩) is a highly endangered Lolo-Burmese language with six speakers in Longtan 龙潭 village, Guangnan County, Yunnan, China.[1] It is spoken in only one village. Motang and Mauphu are closely related languages.
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| Motang | |
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| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yi |
Native speakers | 6 (2015) |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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| Proposed groupings |
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| Proto-languages |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
Lolo-Burmese languages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mondzish |
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| Loloish (Yi) (Ngwi) |
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| Burmish |
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| Gong ? |
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| Pai-lang |
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