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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 or ; kjɔŋ33 means 'mountain', while nai33 means 'people'. 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.

• 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

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

• 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.

External links

• Longhua and Liuxiang Jiongnai basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

• Hmongic languages
• Languages of Guangxi