Cun
A language of China
| Population | 80,000 (1999 J. Ouyang). 59% monolingual, mainly children, elders, and some women. |
| Region | North Dongfang County, south bank of Changhua River, north bank in Changjiang County, Hainan Island. |
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Southern China |
| Alternate names | Cun-Hua, Cunhua, Ngao Fon |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 40% with Hlai [lic]. Many loanwords from Chinese. |
| Classification | Tai-Kadai, Kadai, Yang-Biao |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. 41% can use Mandarin Chinese [cmn]. Very few also use Hlai [lic]. |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | Classified as Han nationality. SVO; tonal, 10 tones (5 in checked syllables and 5 in unchecked syllables). Agriculturalists; fishermen; fish breeding. Traditional religion. |
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