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During the second millennium, the Nung-Rawang migrated southwest into northern Burma, seeking fertile farmland and settling in some of the country's most remote valleys. They are related to the Derung people who live across the border in China. [1]
The Derung Valley area, the southernmost part of Tsawarong, was known by the Tibetans as Changyul or Kiongyul, meaning the "valley of beer" because Derung people enjoy drinking. [1] From the Yuan dynasty to the Qing dynasty , the Derung were governed by the local Tibetan or Nakhi rulers.
Rawang, also known as Krangku, Kiutze (Qiuze), and Ch’opa, is a Sino-Tibetan language of India and Burma. Rawang has a high degree of internal diversity, and some varieties are not mutually intelligible. Most, however, understand Mutwang (Matwang), the standard dialect, and basis of written Rawang. [2]
The Nung or Nungish languages are a poorly described family of uncertain affiliation within the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Yunnan, China and Burma. They include: Derung (Trung, Dulong, Drung, Tvrung) Rawang (Răwang, Rvwang) Nung (Anong, Along, Anung) The Chinese name Ālóng 阿龙, sometimes misread Ayi, refers to Nung (Anong
Dulong/Rawang is a Tibeto-Burman language cluster spoken on both sides of the China/Myanmar border just south and east of Tibet.Within Myanmar, the people who speak the Dulong language (possibly up to 100,000 people) live in northern Kachin State, particularly along the Mae Hka ('Nmai Hka) and Mali Hka River valleys.
Rawang may refer to: . Rawang language, a Sino-Tibetan language of India and Myanmar (Burma) . Nung Rawang, an ethnic group in Myanmar; Rawang, Selangor, town in Selangor, Malaysia, the district capital of Gombak until 1997
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In 2007, Burmese was spoken by 33 million people as a first language. [5] Burmese is spoken as a second language by another 10 million people, particularly ethnic minorities in Burma and those in neighbouring countries. [6] Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Southern Burmish branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages.