Mgan

Kaang language

Kaang language

Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar

Kaang (Kaang Chin; also rendered Kang, M’kaang, Mgan) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by about 35,000 people in Mindat Township and Matupi Township, Chin State, Myanmar. There are three sub-groups under Kaang, namely Zo Kaang, Puei Kaang, and Cum Kaang. Kaang has 73% to 80% lexical similarity with Welaung, 77% to 79% similarity with Müün Chin, and 67% to 80% with Daai Chin.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kaang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Myanmar". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.


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