She language

She language

Infobox Language
name=She language
nativename=Ho Ne
pronunciation=IPA| [hɔ22 ne53]
states=China
region=Guangdong
speakers=1,200 (2002)
familycolor=Hmong-Mien
nation=none
iso3=shxThe She language, spoken by the She people, is a Hmong-Mien language. Most of the over 709,000 She people today speak Chinese dialects. Those who retain their own language - approximately 1,200 individuals in Guangdong province - call themselves "Ho Ne" "mountain people" (Chinese: 活聂 huóniè).

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References

*Mao, Zongwu & Meng, Chaoji. 1986. "She yu jian zhi" (A Sketch of the She language). Beijing, China: Nationalities Press. (毛宗武, 蒙朝吉. 1986. 畬語簡志. 北京: 民族出版社)
*Ratliff, Martha. 1998. Ho Ne (She) is Hmongic: One final argument. "Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area" 21.2:97-109.
*You, Wenliang. 2002. "She zu yu yan" (The Language of the She people). Fuzhou, China: Fujian People's Publishing House. (游文良. 2002. 畲族语言. 福州: 福建人民出版社)


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