Alternate Names: Black Karen, Black Riang, Black Yang, Liang Sek, Riang-Lang, Yang, Yang Wan Kun, Yanglam, Yin, Yin Kya, Yin Net, Yinnet
Dialects: Black Riang, Red Riang, Yinja. Not related to Tripuri ,-speaking Riang of India and Bangladesh or to Pa’o ,, which is Sino-Tibetan. Red and Black Riang difference unknown but these have been treated as separate languages; traditionally, the two groups occupy different social and geographic space, and wear different traditional clothing styles. May be the same language as Shwe Palaung ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 12,500 in Myanmar (2008). Population total all countries: 15,500.
Language Use: Endangered. Also use Shan [shn].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Bible portions: 1950.
Typology: SVO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Myanmar
Other Comments: Different from Riang , of India, a Tibeto-Burman language. Buddhist, traditional religion.