Buyang language
| Buyang | |
|---|---|
| Boux-yaeŋz | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Buyang people |
Native speakers | (1,500 cited 1997–2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:yzg – E'ma Buyangyln – Langnian Buyangenc – Enyrn – Yalang (Yerong) |
| Glottolog | buya1244 |
| Yerong | |
Buyang (Chinese: 布央语) is a Kra language spoken in Guangnan and Funing counties, Yunnan Province, China by the Buyang people. It is important to the reconstruction of the hypothetical macrofamily Austro-Tai as it retains the disyllabic roots characteristic of Austronesian languages. Examples are /matɛ́/ "to die", /matá/ "eye", /qaðù/ "head", and /maðû/ "eight". (See Austro-Tai for proposed connections.)
The Buyang language was initially documented in 1990 by Chinese linguist Liang Min. In 1999, a doctoral dissertation and book was published for Buyang. The book has also recently been translated into English.
Many speakers of Buyang are also fluent in Zhuang.