Hm Nai language

Hm Nai
Hm Nai
Wunai
Ng-nai
Native to	China
Region	Hunan
Ethnicity	8,000 (2007)
Native speakers	5,800 (2002)
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic Bahengic Hm Nai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwn
Glottolog	wuna1248
ELP	Wunai Bunu

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

^ ^a ^b Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 1997. 巴哼语研究 / Baheng yu yan jiu (A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]). Shanghai: 上海远东出版社 / Shanghai yuan dong 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.

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