Maang language

Maang (autonym: ' or ') or Mo'ang (autonym: ) is a Lolo-Burmese language of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China and northern Vietnam. The Maang are also locally referred to as the Gāokùjiǎo Yí (高裤脚彝; "High-Trousered Yi") by other local ethnic groups (Zhou 2014:1).

Lama (2012) classifies Maang within the Mondzish branch of Lolo–Burmese. Maang has many Zhuang (Central Tai) loanwords (Wang 2018).

Distribution
Zhou (2014:1-2) reports that Mo'ang is spoken in the following villages.


 * Banlun township 板仑乡, Funing County, Yunnan
 * Longyang 龙洋 (Maang, Zhuang, and Han Chinese residents)
 * Longmai 龙迈
 * Mula 木腊 (Maang, Zhuang, and Han Chinese residents)
 * Gongjinwei 公金渭
 * Kela 克拉
 * Mugan 木甘, Niuchang village 牛场村, Lida town 里达镇 (Maang, Zhuang residents)
 * Muxiongping village 木兄坪村, Muyang town 木央镇
 * Zhilun 直伦 (Maang and Miao residents)
 * Upper Muyang 上木羊 (Maang and Miao residents)
 * Lower Muyang 下木羊 (Maang and Miao residents)
 * Xiaomulun 小睦伦, Muyang town 木央镇 (Han Chinese, Maang, and Yao residents)
 * Ligong 里拱, Lida town 里达镇, Funing County, Yunnan (also 12 other villages in Lida town 里达镇)
 * The villages of Zhechang 者长, Dana 达那, Nianbi 念必 in Napo County, Guangxi province

There are 713 households and 4,079 individuals according to a 2003 estimate by the Funing County government (Zhou 2014:1).