The Pakanic languages constitute a branch of two Austroasiatic languages, Bolyu and Bugan, spoken in the Guangxi and Yunnan provinces of southern China. Mang was formerly included in the branch, but is now considered by Paul Sidwell to form its own separate branch within Austroasiatic.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor Proto-Language StatusProto-Pakanic, reconstructed by Andrew Hsiu (2016) 2 Compare
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Source Wikipedia: Pakanic languagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
They are spoken in Guangxi and Yunnan provinces of southern China.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Pakanic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 2
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Pakanic languages
Infobox, region
Southern China
Reconstruction
Proto-Pakanic, the proto-language ancestral to Bolyu and Bugan but not Mang, was reconstructed by Andrew Hsiu (2016).
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Pakanic
View the SourceWikidata: Pakanic languages
Wikidata Q137686750, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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