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Which languages are spoken by the Wa, Bulang, and De’ang peoples of Yunnan?

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Yunnan: Yulongxue Mountain — Yunnan Pavilion atop Yulongxue (“Jade Dragon Snow”) Mountain, near Lijiang, Yunnan province, China.

The Wa, Bulang, and De’ang peoples of Yunnan all speak languages belonging to the Mon-Khmer linguistic group.1

More broadly, the Wa speak a variety of Austroasiatic languages that are related to those used by other upland-dwelling groups in northern Thailand and Laos.2