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The Hlai languages (Chinese: 黎语) are a primary branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken in the mountains of central and south-central Hainan Island in China. They include Cun whose speakers are ethnically distinct. A quarter of Hlai speakers are monolingual. None of the Hlai languages had a writing system until the 1950s when the Latin script was adopted for Ha.