UKK ISO 639-3
Muak Sa-aak
Muak Sa-aak Autonym
A language of Myanmar
- ISO 639
- ukk
- Alternate Names
- Doi
- Autonym
- Muak Sa-aak
- Population
- 4,500 in Myanmar (2016 E. Hall).
- Location:
- Shan state: Mong Yawng township.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Palaungic, Eastern Palaungic, Angkuic
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly most similar to Mok [mqt]. Lexical similarity: 42% with U [uuu], 25% with Parauk Wa [prk], and 35% with Blang [blr].
- Typology
- Tonal (3 tones).
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Home, village, church. Used by all.
- Language Development
- Bible portions: 2017.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Muak Sa-aak
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], used in Myanmar.
- Other Comments
- Prior to 2017, Muak-Sa-aak was included as a speech variety within Tai Loi [tlq].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Yunnan province: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinghong, 4 villages.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous) View other languages of China
Language Name
Muak Sa-aak
Map
Location: Shan state: Mong Yawng township.
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