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{{Short description|Hmongic language of Guangxi, China}}
{{distinguish|Kiong language}}
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|states=[[China]]
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|region=[[Jinxiu County]], [[Guangxi]]
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|fam2=[[Hmongic languages|Hmongic]]
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|fam3=[[Sheic languages|Sheic]]
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'''Kiong Nai''' (or '''Jiongnai''', {{lang-zh|炯奈}} ''jiǒngnài'') is a divergent [[Hmongic languages|Hmongic (Miao)]] language spoken in [[Jinxiu County]], [[Guangxi]], [[China]]. The speakers' [[Endonym|autonym]] is pronounced {{IPA|[kjɔ̄ŋ nāi]}} or {{IPA|[kjaŋ˧˩ nɛ˧˩]}}; ''kjɔŋ'' means 'mountain', while ''nai'' means 'people' (Meng 2001:1). Mao & Li (2002) consider it to be most closely related to [[She language|She]].
'''Kiong Nai''' (or '''Jiongnai''', {{zh|s=炯奈语|p=Jiǒngnàiyǔ}}) is a divergent [[Hmongic languages|Hmongic (Miao)]] language spoken in [[Jinxiu County]], [[Guangxi]], [[China]]. The speakers' [[Endonym|autonym]] is pronounced {{IPA|[kjɔŋ33 nai33]}} or {{IPA|[kjaŋ31 nɛ31]}}; ''{{IPA|kjɔŋ33}}'' means 'mountain', while ''{{IPA|nai33}}'' means 'people'.<reF>{{harvp|Meng|2001|page=1}}</ref> Mao & Li (2002) believe it to be most closely related to [[She language|She]].


==Dialects==
==Dialects==
Mao & Li (2002) divide Jiongnai into two major dialects.
Mao & Li (2002) divide Jiongnai into two major dialects.
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*'''Longhua (龙华)''', spoken in Longhua (龙华村) of Changdong Township (长垌乡)
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*'''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.<reF>{{harvp|Mao|Li|2002|page=1}}</ref>
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*'''Longhua 龙华''', spoken in Longhua 龙华村 of Changdong Township 长垌乡
*Liuxiang Township (六巷乡): Liuxiang (六巷), Mengtou (门头), Dadeng (大凳), Huangsang (黄桑), Xincun (新村), and Gupu (古蒲)
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*'''Liuxiang 六巷''', spoken in Liuxiang Township 六巷乡
*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==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

* 毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 2002. 炯奈语硏究 / Jiongnai yu yan jiu (A Study of Jiongnai). Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社 / Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she.
==Sources==
* 蒙朝吉 / Meng Chaoji. 2001. 瑤族布努语方言研究 / Yao zu Bunu yu fang yan yan jiu [A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People]. Beijing: 民族出版社 / Min zu chu ban she.
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* http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/ratliff2003review.pdf
* {{Cite book |last=Mao |first=Zongwu 毛宗武 |title=Jiǒngnàiyǔ yánjiū |last2=Li |first2=Yunbing 李云兵 |date=2002 |publisher=Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:炯奈语硏究 |trans-title=A Study of Jiongnai}}
* {{Cite book |last=Meng |first=Chaoji 蒙朝吉 |title=Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū |date=2001 |publisher=Minzu chubanshe |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:瑤族布努语方言研究 |trans-title=A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Ratliff |first=Martha |date=2003 |title=Review of Mao Zongwu and Li Yunbing. 2001. Jiǒngnàiyǔ Yánjiū [A study of Jiongnai]. Beijing: Central Nationalities University Press. 322 pp. |url=http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/ratliff2003review.pdf |journal=Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area |language=en |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=119–121}}
{{refend}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\hmo\hmo&first=0 Longhua and Liuxiang Jiongnai basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]
* [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\hmo\hmo&first=0 Longhua and Liuxiang Jiongnai basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]


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[[Category:Hmongic languages]]
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[[Category:Languages of Guangxi]]


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Not to be confused with Kiong 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.

Dialects

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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.[5]

  • 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

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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 毛宗武; Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2002). Jiǒngnàiyǔ yánjiū 炯奈语硏究 [A Study of Jiongnai] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
  • Meng, Chaoji 蒙朝吉 (2001). Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū 瑤族布努语方言研究 [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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