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Kiong Nai language

Hmongic language of Guangxi, China

Field	Value
name	Kiong Nai
nativename	Jiongnai
states	China
region	Jinxiu County, Guangxi
speakers
date	1999
ref	e18
familycolor	Hmong-Mien
fam2	Hmongic
fam3	Sheic
fam4	Kiong Nai–She?
iso3	pnu
glotto	jion1236
glottorefname	Jiongnai Bunu
notice	IPA

Kiong Nai (or Jiongnai, ) is a divergent Hmongic (Miao) language spoken in Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China. The speakers' autonym is pronounced or ; ** means 'mountain', while ** means 'people'. 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)

Jiongnai is spoken in the following villages in three townships of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi.

Liuxiang Township (六巷乡): Liuxiang (六巷), Mengtou (门头), Dadeng (大凳), Huangsang (黄桑), Xincun (新村), and Gupu (古蒲)
Changdong Township (长垌乡): Longhua (龙华), Nanzhou (南州), and Dajing (大进)
Luoxiang Township (罗香乡): Zhanger (丈二), Liutuan (六团), and Luodan (罗丹)

References

Sources

References

Hsiu, Andrew. 2015. [https://doi.org/10.5281%2Fzenodo.1127804 ''The classification of Na Meo, a Hmong-Mien language of Vietnam'']. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. [https://sites.google.com/site/eastasianphyla/hm/hmongic ''Preliminary classification of Hmongic languages''] {{webarchive. link. (202-10-23)
{{harvp. Meng. 2001
{{harvp. Mao. Li. 2002

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