Riang is a Palaungic language of Burma and China. Speakers are culturally assimilated with the Karen, but are Palaung by ancestry and their language is unrelated. Riang Lang (Yinnet) and Riang Lai (Yinchia) are sometimes considered distinct languages.
Phonology Riang Lang (Yinnet) dialect's consonants described by Hall (2018): LabialDental/AlveolarPalatalVelar UvularGlottalStop () () Nasal Fricative()LateralRhoticApproximant [q, qʰ] are allophones of initials /k kʰ/ when co-occur with /a, aː, ɔ/. Eg. [qáʔ] "fish", [qʰrɔ́] "rust". [χ] is the realization of /k/ in final position.
Riang Lang vowels (Hall 2018):
Front Central Back Close Close-mid Open Open-mid Diphthongs
Riang Lang is sesquisyllabic and has two tones. Its typical word template is ((C)ə̆(C)).(C)(C)V(C)t.Hall, Elizabeth. (2018) A phonological analysis of Riang Lang. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society (JSEALS), 11:2.
References
Shintani Tadahiko. 2014. The Riang language. Linguistic survey of Tay cultural area (LSTCA) no. 101. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).