Hm Nai language
Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 Wúnài), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a Hmong-Mien language (Chinese: Miao-Yao 苗瑶) spoken[2] in western Hunan province, China. There are approximately 5800 people speaking this language, and the number is decreasing.[3] 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 |
References
- Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Brenzinger, Matthias, ed. (2007). Language Diversity Endangered. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017050-4.
- "Bunu, Wunai". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
Bibliography
- Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武; Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (1997). Bāhēngyǔ yánjiū 巴哼语研究 [A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai yuandong chubanshe.
- Meng, Chaoji 蒙朝吉 (2001). Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū 瑤族布努语方言研究 [A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
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