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Maonan | |
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Native to | China |
Region | Northern Guangxi, Southern Guizhou[1]: 33 |
Ethnicity | 107,000 (2000)[2] |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2005)[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mmd |
Glottolog | maon1241 |
ELP | Maonan |
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]