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Meung Yum language

Meung Yum
Region Burma
Native speakers
8,000 (2013)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None

Meung Yum is a Waic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Shan State, Burma.

Comparing Meung Yum data from Namt Yoke, Loi Yang, Pang Wan, and Pan Tang villages, Phung (2013) has determined Meung Yum to be a variety of Wa.

Other names for Meung Yum include (Myint 2013:3):

Meung Yum speakers live in Kunlong Township (with 21 Meung Yum villages) and Hopang Township (with 30 Meung Yum villages), with each township have about an equal number of speakers (Myint 2013:6).

9 villages have only Meung Yum people.


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