Hm Nai language
Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 wúnài), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a Hmong-Mien language (Chinese: Miao-Yao 苗瑶) spoken[3] in western Hunan province, China. There are approximately 5800 people speaking this language, and the number is decreasing.[4] Mao & Li (1997) determined it to be closely related to the Pa-Hng language.
| Hm Nai | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| ELP | Wunai Bunu[2] |
References
- Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Wunai Bunu.
- Brenzinger, Matthias (2007-01-01). Language Diversity Endangered. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110170504.
- "Bunu, Wunai". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- 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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