Riang language

Riang
Native toBurma, China
EthnicityPalaung
Native speakers
(28,000 cited 1995–2008)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ril  Riang Lang
yin  Riang Lai
Glottologrian1260
ELPRiang (Myanmar)

Riang is a Palaungic language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the Karen, but are Palaung by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang and Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.