Maleng language
| Maleng | |
|---|---|
| Pakatan | |
| Bo | |
| Native to | Laos, Vietnam |
Native speakers | (3,700 cited 2000–2007) |
Austroasiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:pkt – Pakatanbgl – Bo |
| Glottolog | male1282 Malengbola1249 Bo-Maleng |
| ELP | Maleng |
Maleng (autonym: /malɛ̤ŋ²/), also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.
Maleng has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.
Malieng, despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).