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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Bunu, Wunai

Bunu, Wunai

A language of China

ISO 639-3bwn

Population  18,400 (McConnell 1995).
Region  West Hunan Province, Longhui, Xupu, Tongdao, Chenxi, Dongkou, Cengbu, and Xinning counties.
Language map  Southern China
Alternate names   Hm Nai, Ngnai, Punu, Wunai
Classification  Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Bunu
Language use  Also use or Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Comments  Part of Yao nationality. ‘Bunu’ is a cover term for separate languages. SVO; has uvular onsets; only final nasal is velar. Daoist.