Review of "Jiǒngnàiyǔ Yánjiū A study of Jiongnai"
The appearance of this fine book on the Jiongnai language, a Hmongic (Miao) language of the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) language family, is most welcome. Spoken by only about 1,000 peoples in scat¬tered small hill villages in the eastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Jinxiu Yao Autonomous...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178002 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The appearance of this fine book on the Jiongnai language, a Hmongic (Miao) language of the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) language family, is most welcome. Spoken by only about 1,000 peoples in scat¬tered small hill villages in the eastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Jinxiu Yao Autonomous District), Jiongnai qualifies as an endangered language. It is also quite conservative pho¬nologically, and thus important for historical studies. This is the first full-length study of the language, and both the wealth of information and the detailed comparative-historical analysis presented by the authors will be of enduring value. |
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