Hm Nai language
Hm Nai | |
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Wunai | |
Ng-nai | |
Native to | China |
Region | Hunan |
Ethnicity | 8,000 (2007)[1] |
Native speakers | 5,800 (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bwn |
Glottolog |
wuna1248 [2] |
Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 wúnài), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a divergent Hmongic language spoken in western Hunan province, China. Mao & Li (1997) determined it to be closely related to the Pa-Hng language.
References
- 1 2 Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wunai Bunu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 1997. 巴哼语研究 / Baheng yu yan jiu (A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]). Shanghai: 上海远东出版社 / Shanghai yuan dong chu ban she.
- 蒙朝吉 / Meng Chaoji. 2001. 瑤族布努语方言研究 / Yao zu Bunu yu fang yan yan jiu [A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People]. Beijing: 民族出版社 / Min zu chu ban she.
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