Social:Kiong Nai language
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Short description: Hmongic language of Guangxi, China
| Kiong Nai | |
|---|---|
| Jiongnai | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Jinxiu County, Guangxi |
Native speakers | (1,100 cited 1999)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pnu |
| Glottolog | jion1236[2] |
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'.[3] 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 three townships of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi.[4]
- Liuxiang Township (六巷乡): Liuxiang (六巷), Mengtou (门头), Dadeng (大凳), Huangsang (黄桑), Xincun (新村), and Gupu (古蒲)
- Changdong Township (长垌乡): Longhua (龙华), Nanzhou (南州), and Dajing (大进)
- Luoxiang Township (罗香乡): Zhanger (丈二), Liutuan (六团), and Luodan (罗丹)
References
- ↑ Kiong Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Jiongnai Bunu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/jion1236.
- ↑ Meng (2001), p. 1
- ↑ Mao & Li (2002), p. 1
Sources
- Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武; Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2002) (in zh). Jiǒngnàiyǔ yánjiū. Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
- Meng, Chaoji 蒙朝吉 (2001) (in zh). Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū. 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."] (in en). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 26 (1): 119–121. http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/ratliff2003review.pdf.
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