lang_description: "The newly discovered Bumang (bvp) 布芒 language of Mianla Xiazhai and Mianla Shangzhai, Jinping County, Yunnan, China (金平縣苗族瑶族傣族自治縣勐拉地區的曼仗上寨和曼仗下寨) is said to be descended from 19th century Kháng immigrants from Vietnam. There are only 200 speakers left and none of them are monolinguals (Jie, Dao 刀潔 2006, 2007; J. Edmondson 2010).",
classification: "Austro-Asiatic",
dialect_varieties: "",
public_comment: "This language is closely related to Kháng (kjm) of Vietnam, but mutually intelligibility between the two languages has not yet been tested. According to J. Edmondson (2010:152), "it appears that the lexical support for Kháng and Bumang belonging to Khmuic is strong." It is not yet clear which subdivision of the Khumic branch Bumang belongs to.",
private_comment: null,
source_id: null,
speakers: [
{
id:28634,
code_id:10249,
speaker_number: "100-999",
speaker_number_text: "~200",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "2007",
public_comment: "is classified under Dai 傣 nationality in China.",
private_comment: null,
source_id:97100,
preferred:1,
},
{
id:28654,
code_id:10249,
speaker_number: "100-999",
speaker_number_text: "200",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "",
public_comment: "officially regarded as Tai in China.
Based on Dao Jie (2006, 2007), Edmondson states that "[T]he Bumang [is] a group that is descended of 19th century Kháng immigrants from Vietnam now residing in Jingping County just over the international frontier in China."",
private_comment: null,
source_id:97120,
preferred: 0,
},
],
language: {
code_id:10249,
featured: 0,
cached_documentation_score:-1,
google_group_url: "",
simplified_level: "mid",
coordinates: "22.661, 103.085",
updated_at: "2018-03-25 01:00:16",
speaker_attitude: null,
government_support: "no",
institutional_support: "no",
_other_languages_used: "Mandarin Chinese; White Tai (twh); Miao/Hmong",
domains_of_use: "Used in some non-official domains along with other languages, and remains the primary language used in the home for many community members.",