Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 ''Wúnài''), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a
Hmong-Mien language spoken in western
Hunan
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province,
China
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. There are approximately 5800 people speaking this language, and the number is decreasing. Mao & Li (1997) determined it to be closely related to the
Pa-Hng language.
Distribution
Hm Nai is spoken in:
[Mao Zongwu ��宗武 Li Yunbing ��云兵 1997. ''A study of Pa-Hng'' ��哼语研究 Shanghai: Shanghai Far East Publishing House ��海远东出版社]
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Longhui County: in Huxingshan 虎形山乡, Xiaoshajiang 小沙江乡, Motang 磨塘乡, Dashuitian 大水田乡. The Huxingshan 虎形山乡 dialect is the best documented variety, since it is typically used as the representative datapoint for Hm Nai.
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Xupu County
Xupu County () is a county of Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Huaihua Prefecturel-level City.
Located on the west central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Yuanling County, to the northeast by Anhua County ...
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Chenxi County
Chenxi County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Huaihua prefecture-level City.
Located on the north of the province, it is adjacent to the north of the city proper of Huaihua. The county is bordered to t ...
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Dongkou County
Dongkou County () is a county in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located in west-central Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Longhui County, to the northwest by Xupu County and Hongji ...
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Chengbu County
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Xinning County
References
Bibliography
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* Yang, Zaibiao 杨再彪. 2016. ''Munaiyu yanjiu'' 呣奈语研究. Ph.D. dissertation. Changsha:
Hunan Normal University 湖南师范大学.
Hmongic languages
Languages of Hunan
Definitely endangered languages
Endangered languages of China
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