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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Language codes | |
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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