Hm Nai language

Hm Nai
Wunai
Ng-nai
Native toChina
RegionHunan
Ethnicity8,000 (2007)
Native speakers
5,800 (2002)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bwn
Glottologwuna1248
ELPWunai Bunu
Hm Nai is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 Wúnài), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a Hmong-Mien language spoken in western Hunan province, China. There are approximately 5800 people speaking this language, and the number is decreasing. Mao & Li (1997) determined it to be closely related to the Pa-Hng language.

Distribution

Hm Nai is spoken in:

References

  1. 1 2 Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Brenzinger, Matthias, ed. (2007). Language Diversity Endangered. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017050-4.
  3. ↑ "Bunu, Wunai". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ↑ Mao Zongwu [毛宗武], Li Yunbing [李云兵]. 1997. A study of Pa-Hng [巴哼语研究]. Shanghai: Shanghai Far East Publishing House [上海远东出版社].

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