Kiong Nai language

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.

  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