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Kuan language

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Kuanhua
Damai
Native toChina
RegionSouthwest Yunnan
Native speakers
(1,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xnh
Glottologkuan1250
ELPKuanhua

Kuan (Kuanhua 宽语), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Li (2005) proposes that it is a Mangic language.[2] Other possible affiliations include Palaungic and Khmuic.

References

  1. ^ Kuanhua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 李云兵 / Li Yunbing. 2005. 布赓语研究 / Bugeng yu yan jiu (A Study of Bugeng [Bugan]). Beijing: 民族出版社 / Min zu chu ban she.