Maleng language

Maleng (autonym: /malÃÂÃÂ¤ÃÂÃÂ²/), also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.

Maleng has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.

Malieng, despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).

Varieties

Maleng consists of three dialect clusters:

Maleng (MÃÂ£ LiÃ¡Â»Âng); Kha Pakatan; Malang; Arem/HarÃÂ¨me (RiviÃÂ¨re 1902). Sub-varieties include Kha Muong Ben and Kha Bo (Fraisse 1950).
Ma Lieng, also known as Pa Leng (ÃÂÃ¡ÂºÂ·ng NghiÃÂªm VÃ¡ÂºÂ¡n et al. 1986)
Kha Phong (formerly an exonym, but now also used as an autonym); Maleng Kari; Maleng Bro. Also known as Kha Nam Om (Fraisse 1949). The Kha Phong live in 2 to 3 villages in Laos, and in one village in HÃÂ TÃÂ©nh province, Vietnam. Strongly influenced by Lao. Maleng Bro was documented by Michel Ferlus in 1992 (see Ferlus 1997), and also by the 2012-2013 Russian-Vietnamese Linguistic Expedition.

Maleng is spoken in the following villages of Laos and Vietnam.

Khammouane province, Laos
NÃ¡ÂºÂm Huay
Pung KÃ¡Â»Â£t
Song Khon
Upper Nrong River
Xang Huay E An
QuÃ¡ÂºÂ£ng BÃÂ¬nh province (500+ people) and HÃÂ TÃÂ©nh province (in HÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng KhÃÂª district; 133 people in 2012), Vietnam
HÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng LÃÂ¢m
HÃÂ°ÃÂ¡ng LiÃÂªn
LÃÂ¢m HÃÂ³a

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