Bunu, Wunai

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
bwn
Alternate Names
Hm Nai, Ngnai, Punu, Wunai
Population

5,800 (Shearer and Sun Hong Kai 2002), decreasing.

Location

West Hunan Province, Longhui, Xupu, Tongdao, Chenxi, Dongkou, Chengbu, and Xinning counties.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Bunu
Typology

SVO; has uvular onsets; only final nasal is velar

Language Use

Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bunu, Wunai
Other Comments

Officially classified within Yao nationality. Bunu is a cover term for separate languages. Daoist.