Recordings of Waic languages spoken in Yunnan, China

These recordings started being collected in 2015 in Ximeng County (西盟县), Lancang County (澜沧县), Menghai County (勐海县) and Shuangjiang County (双江县). The speakers are officially identified as Wazu (佤族) and Bulangzu (布朗族) which actually include some different but relatively related ethnic groups who have different autonyms and speak mutually unintelligible languages. According to the current study, these languages are classified into the Waic branch of the Mon-Khmer family, ultimately belonging to the Austro-Asiatic phylum.该批录音的采集工作始于2015年，采集地点涵盖西盟县、澜沧县、勐海县及双江县。受访对象的官方族属被归类为佤族（Wazu）与布朗族（Bulangzu），但该两类族群实际包含多个存在差异但亲缘关系较近的族群，这些族群拥有各自的自称，且彼此之间的语言互不互通。根据现有研究，上述语言被划归至孟高棉语族（Mon-Khmer family）的佤语支（Waic branch），最终归属于南亚语系（Austro-Asiatic phylum）。