UUU ISO 639-3
U
A language of China
- ISO 639
- uuu
- Alternate Names
- A’erwa, Awa, Awa Blang, P’uman, Puman, Wa, Wu, Wu Blang
- Population
- 30,000 (Shearer and Sun 2017).
- Location:
- Southwest Yunnan Province, Baoshan municipal prefecture, Shidian and Changning counties. May be in Myanmar.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting). Language of recognized nationality: Blang.
- Classification
- Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Palaungic, Eastern Palaungic, Angkuic
- Dialects
- Pangpin, Gantang. Not closely related to Blang [blr] (1990 J-O. Svantesson). May be same as Wu dialect of Wa [wbm] in Myanmar and Hu [huo] of China. Lexical similarity: 76% between Gantang and Pangpin; 60% with Blang [blr] (Shearer and Sun 2017).
- Language Use
- Shifting to Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 77%.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about U
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Different from Awa [vwa]. Buddhist, traditional religion.
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Location: Southwest Yunnan Province, Baoshan municipal prefecture, Shidian and Changning counties. May be in Myanmar.
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