Kiong Nai language
| Kiong Nai | |
|---|---|
| Jiongnai | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Jinxiu County, Guangxi |
Native speakers | 1,100 (1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
pnu |
| Glottolog |
jion1236[2] |
Kiong Nai (or Jiongnai, Chinese: 炯奈 jiǒngnài) is a divergent Hmongic (Miao) language spoken in Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China. The speakers' autonym is pronounced [kjɔ̄ŋ nāi] or [kjaŋ˧˩ nɛ˧˩]; kjɔŋ means 'mountain', while nai means 'people' (Meng 2001:1). Mao & Li (2002) believe it to be most closely related to She.
Dialects
Mao & Li (2002) divide Jiongnai into two major dialects.
- Longhua 龙华, spoken in Longhua 龙华村 of Changdong Township 长垌乡
- Liuxiang 六巷, spoken in Liuxiang Township 六巷乡
References
- ↑ Kiong Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jiongnai Bunu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- 毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 2002. 炯奈语硏究 / Jiongnai yu yan jiu (A Study of Jiongnai). Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue 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.
- http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/ratliff2003review.pdf
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