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Kiong Nai language

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Kiong Nai
Jiongnai
Native toChina
RegionJinxiu County, Guangxi
Native speakers
(1,100 cited 1999)[1]
Hmong–Mien
Language codes
ISO 639-3pnu
Glottologjion1236
ELPJiongnai Bunu
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Kiong Nai (or Jiongnai, Chinese: 炯奈语; pinyin: Jiǒngnàiyǔ) is a divergent Hmongic (Miao) language spoken in Jinxiu County, Guangxi, China. The speakers' autonym is pronounced [kjɔŋ33 nai33] or [kjaŋ31 nɛ31]; kjɔŋ33 means 'mountain', while nai33 means 'people'.[4] Mao & Li (2002) believe it to be most closely related to She.

Dialects

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Mao & Li (2002) divide Jiongnai into two major dialects.

  • Longhua (龙华), spoken in Longhua (龙华村むら) of Changdong Township (长垌乡)
  • Liuxiang (六ろく巷ちまた), spoken in Liuxiang Township (六ろく巷ちまた乡)

Jiongnai is spoken in the following villages in three townships of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi.[5]

  • Liuxiang Township (六ろく巷ちまた乡): Liuxiang (六ろく巷ちまた), Mengtou (门头), Dadeng (大だい凳), Huangsang (黄き桑くわ), Xincun (新村しんむら), and Gupu (古こ蒲がま)
  • Changdong Township (长垌乡): Longhua (龙华), Nanzhou (南みなみ州しゅう), and Dajing (大だい进)
  • Luoxiang Township (罗香乡): Zhanger (丈二じょうじ), Liutuan (六ろく团), and Luodan (罗丹)

References

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  1. ^ Kiong Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2015. The classification of Na Meo, a Hmong-Mien language of Vietnam. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  3. ^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Preliminary classification of Hmongic languages Archived 2020-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Meng (2001), p. 1
  5. ^ Mao & Li (2002), p. 1

Sources

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  • Mao, Zongwu 毛もう宗武むねたけ; Li, Yunbing 李り云うん兵へい (2002). Jiǒngnàiyǔ yánjiū 炯奈语硏究けんきゅう [A Study of Jiongnai] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
  • Meng, Chaoji 蒙こうむ朝あさ吉きち (2001). Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū 瑤よう族ぞく布ぬの努つとむ语方言ほうげん研究けんきゅう [A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
  • Ratliff, Martha (2003). "Review of Mao Zongwu and Li Yunbing. 2001. Jiǒngnàiyǔ Yánjiū [A study of Jiongnai]. Beijing: Central Nationalities University Press. 322 pp" (PDF). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area. 26 (1): 119–121.
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