Bahengic languages
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Bahengic | |
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Pahungic | |
Ethnicity: | Yao |
Geographic distribution: |
China, Vietnam |
Linguistic classification: | Hmong–Mien
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Subdivisions: | |
Glottolog: | None |
The Bahengic (Pahungic) languages are a divergent branch of the Miao (Hmongic) languages. Speakers are among the ethnic Bunu: Miao-speaking Yao people of China.
Pa-Hng (Baheng) has long been recognized as a divergent language. Benedict (1986) argued that one of its dialects constituted a separate branch of the Miao–Yao family, and Ratliff (2010) found it to be the most divergent Hmongic language that she analyzed.[1] Mao & Li (1997) determined that two poorly known languages are closely related to Pa-Hng, though none are mutually intelligible:[2]
- Bahengic
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