Rawang language

Rawang
Rvwàng
Native toMyanmar, India, China, Thailand
EthnicityNung Rawang
Native speakers
63,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Mutwang
  • Longmi
  • Serwang
  • Tangsarr
Latin (Rawang alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3raw
Glottolograwa1265

Rawang, also known as Krangku, Kiutze (Qiuze), and Ch’opa, is a Sino-Tibetan language of India and Burma. Rawang has a high degree of internal diversity, and some varieties are not mutually intelligible. Most, however, understand Mutwang (Matwang), the standard dialect, and basis of written Rawang.[2]

Rawang is spoken in Putao District, northern Kachin State, in Putao, Machanbaw, Naungmaw, Kawnglangphu, and Pannandin townships (Ethnologue). Alternate names are Chiutse, Ch’opa, Ganung-Rawang, Hkanung, Kiutze, Nung, Nung Rawang, and Qiuze.

The Matwang-related dialects share 82% to 99% lexical similarity.[2] The Kyaikhu Lungmi and Changgong Tangsar dialects have less intelligibility with Matwang.[2] Rawang shares 74% lexical similarity with Drung, 79%–80% with Anong, 81%–87% with Renyinchi (Langdaqgong Tangsar), 77% with Changgong Tangsar, 74%–85% with Lungmi, and 74%–80% with Daru-Jerwang.[2]

  1. ^ Rawang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.