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Hm Nai
Hm Nai
Wunai
Ng-nai
Native to	China
Region	Hunan
Ethnicity	8,000 (2007)
Native speakers	5,800 (2002)
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic Bahengic Hm Nai; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bwn
Glottolog	wuna1248
ELP	Wunai Bunu

Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 Wúnài), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a Hmong-Mien language spoken^[2] in western Hunan province, China. There are approximately 5800 people speaking this language, and the number is decreasing.^[3] Mao & Li (1997) determined it to be closely related to the Pa-Hng language.

Distribution

Hm Nai is spoken in:^[4]

Longhui County: in Huxingshan 虎形山乡, Xiaoshajiang 小沙江乡, Motang 磨塘乡, Dashuitian 大水田乡. The Huxingshan 虎形山乡 dialect is the best documented variety, since it is typically used as the representative datapoint for Hm Nai.
Xupu County
Chenxi County
Dongkou County
Chengbu County
Xinning County

References

^ ^a ^b Hm Nai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Brenzinger, Matthias, ed. (2007). Language Diversity Endangered. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-017050-4.
^ "Bunu, Wunai". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
^ Mao Zongwu [毛宗武], Li Yunbing [李云兵]. 1997. A study of Pa-Hng [巴哼语研究]. Shanghai: Shanghai Far East Publishing House [上海远东出版社].

Bibliography

Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武; Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (1997). Bāhēngyǔ yánjiū 巴哼语研究 [A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai yuandong 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.
Yang, Zaibiao 杨再彪. 2016. Munaiyu yanjiu 呣奈语研究. Ph.D. dissertation. Changsha: Hunan Normal University 湖南师范大学.