Maleng (autonym: /malɛ̤ŋ²/[2]), also known as Pakatan and Bo, is a Vietic language of Laos and Vietnam.
Maleng has the four-way register system of Thavung augmented with pitch.
[3] Malieng, despite having the same name as Maleng, is a dialect of Chut (Chamberlain 2003, Sidwell 2009).
Maleng consists of three dialect clusters:[2] Maleng is spoken in the following villages of Laos and Vietnam.
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