Maonan language

Maonan
Native toChina
RegionNorthern Guangxi, Southern Guizhou[1]: 33 
Ethnicity107,000 (2000)[2]
Native speakers
30,000 (2005)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mmd
Glottologmaon1241
ELPMaonan
Maonan is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Maonan language (Chinese: 毛南语; pinyin: Máonán yǔ) is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in China by the Maonan people, specifically in northern Guangxi and southern Guizhou.[1]: 33 [3] Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Hechi, northern Guangxi, holds a concentrated number of speakers.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Lu, Tian Qiao (2008). A Grammar of Maonan. Boca Raton, Florida: Universal Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59942-971-7.
  2. ^ a b Maonan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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