Mulam

Facts

  • Language: Mulam
  • Alternate names: Mulao, Molao, Mulou, Muliao, Mulao Miao, Abo, 仫佬語
  • Language code: mlm
  • Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kam-Sui, Mulam-Kam
  • Number of speakers: 30,000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Officially classified within Mulao (Mulam) nationality. They live near the Han (See: [[Han]]), Dong (See: [[Dong, Northern]]), Hmong Njua (See: [[Hmong Njua]]), and Iu Mien (See: [[Iu Mien]]). They call themselves Mulam. Some around Luocheng call themselves Kyam. Different from the nearly extinct Western Kra Tai-Kadai language also called Mulao (See: [[Mulao]]), previously spoken by Gelao nationality people in Guizhou. Traditional religion, Daoist, Buddhist.

    Do not confuse Mulam 仫佬語 [mlm] with Mulao 木佬語 [giu].