Kiong Nai language

Kiong Nai
Kiong Nai
Jiongnai
Native to	China
Region	Jinxiu County, Guangxi
Native speakers	(1,100 cited 1999)
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic She–Jiongnai Kiong Nai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pnu
Glottolog	jion1236
ELP	Jiongnai Bunu
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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 [kjɔŋ˧ nai˧] 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

Jiongnai is spoken in the following villages in 3 townships of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi (Mao & Li 2002:1).

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

References

^ Kiong Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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

External links

Longhua and Liuxiang Jiongnai basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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