Hm Nai 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[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. 1.0 1.1 Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Wunai Bunu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.