Blang people

The Blang (布朗族 : Bùlǎng Zú) (also spelled Bulong) people are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.

Names

Yan & Zhou (2012:147) list the following autonyms of ethnic Bulang in various counties.

plaŋ31 (布朗): in Xishuangbanna

a55 vaʔ55 (阿佤): in Shuangjiang and Lancang counties

ʔu33 tɤr11 (乌德尔): some Bulang of Shuangjiang; means 'mountain people'

ʔu55 (乌): in Yongde (ʔu51 in Gantang 甘塘), Zhenkang, Shidian (ʔu55 in Hazhai 哈寨), Changning counties

vaʔ55 (佤): in Mojiang County

Exonyms for Bulang include (Yan & Zhou 2012:147):

mɔn33 (谟): Dai exonym for the Bulang of Xishuangbanna

a bø55 (阿别): Hani exonym for the Bulang of Xishuangbanna

la31 (拉): Dai exonym for the Bulang of Shuangjiang

kha33 phv53 (卡朴): : Lahu exonym for the Bulang

pa̱ ʔa̱ɯ̱ʔ (巴尔克): Wa exonym for the Bulang of Cangyuan

Puman (濮曼, 蒲满): Han Chinese exonym for the Bulang

People classified as Bulang in China speak various Palaungic languages, including Blang and U.

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