Jiongnai

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Jiongnai is a lesser-known Hmong-Mien language spoken by an ethnic minority community in southern China.

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Jiongnai canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hmong-Mien language
Sino-Tibetan area language
language
belongsTo Hmong-Mien language family NERFINISHED
country China
endangerment potentially endangered
ethnicity ethnic minority in southern China
family Hmong-Mien NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology isolating morphology (typical of Hmong-Mien)
tonal language (typical of Hmong-Mien)
languageContact Sinitic languages NERFINISHED
languageFamilyBranch Mienic (Hmong-Mien) (approximate classification)
neighboringLanguages Chinese
other Hmong-Mien languages
recognition not widely known outside specialist linguistics circles
region southern China NERFINISHED
script primarily unwritten or written with ad hoc systems
sociolinguisticSituation spoken mainly within local ethnic community
spokenBy Jiongnai ethnic community in southern China
spokenIn villages in southern China
status lesser-known language
minority language
subclassOf Hmong-Mien languages NERFINISHED
usedIn oral communication
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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Hmong-Mien includesLanguage Jiongnai