List of articles in "Language" category - Page 406

The Bunu (Punu) are the Yao people who speak Hmongic languages. That is Bunu in the broad sense is a cultural rather than linguistic group. Strecker (1987) had classified Bunu […]

The Mienic or Yao languages are spoken by the Yao people of China Vietnam Laos and Thailand.Some of the Yao peoples speak Hmongic languages (Miao); these are called Bunu. A […]

Younuo (also spelled Yuno Chinese: 优诺语 yōunuò; autonym: ʑou˩˧nɔ˩˧) is a divergent Hmongic language spoken in Longsheng County (龙胜县) Guangxi China. Mao (2007:129) reports a total of approximately 4000 speakers. […]

Kiong Nai (or Jiongnai Chinese: 炯奈 jiǒngnài) is a divergent Hmongic (Miao) language spoken in Jinxiu County Guangxi China. The speakers’ autonym is pronounced [kjɔ̄ŋ nāi] or [kjaŋ˧˩ nɛ˧˩]; kjɔŋ […]

Bu-Nao or Bunu proper (Chinese: 布努语 bùnǔyǔ) is a Hmongic (Miao) dialect cluster spoken in Guangxi Yunnan and Guizhou in China. Its speakers are among the Bunu (Chinese: 布努): ethnic […]

Akebu or Kebu (also Kabu; in French: akébou) is one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages spoken by the Akebu people of southern Togo and southeastern Ghana. It is a language […]

Kposo language or Ikposo (Ikpɔsɔ) is the language of the Akposso people mainly in the Plateau Region of Togo west of Atakpamé but also into eastern Ghana. It is considered […]

Zigula (Zigua) is a Bantu language of Tanzania and of Somalia where it is known as Mushunguli (Mushungulu). It is best known for the Mushunguli dialect.

Trumai is an endangered language isolate of Brazil. Most Trumai are fluent in languages of wider communication and children are not learning it well.

Whitesands or East Tanna is a language spoken on the eastern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. It is closely related to the North Tanna and Lenakel languages.