Kiong Nai (or Jiongnai, ) is a divergent
Hmongic (Miao) language spoken in
Jinxiu County
Jinxiu (; za, italic=yes, Ginhsiu) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China, located in an area of relatively high concentrations of the Yao people. It is administered as the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County of Laibin City. Established in 1952, with th ...
,
Guangxi,
China. The speakers'
autonym
Autonym may refer to:
* Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym
* Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name
See also
* Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...
is pronounced or ; ' means 'mountain', while ' means 'people'.
Mao & Li (2002) believe it to be most closely related to
She
She most commonly refers to:
*She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English.
She or S.H.E. may also refer to:
Literature and films
*'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...
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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
Jinxiu (; za, italic=yes, Ginhsiu) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China, located in an area of relatively high concentrations of the Yao people. It is administered as the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County of Laibin City. Established in 1952, with the ...
, 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
Sources
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External links
Longhua and Liuxiang Jiongnai basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Hmongic languages
Languages of China
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