Bunu, Younuo

A language of China

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Pu No, Punu, Younuo, Yuno, Yunuo

Population

9,720 (McConnell 1995).

Location

Northeast Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xing’an and Longsheng counties.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification

Typology

SVO; relatively simple set of initials; many Chinese loans; tonal, 6 tones

Language Use

Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.

Other Comments

Officially classified within Yao nationality. Bunu is a cover term for several separate languages (Strecker 1989). Daoist.