Nao Klao language explained

Nao Klao
Also Known As:Baonao
States:China
Region:Guangxi
Libo County, Guizhou
Ethnicity:Yao
Speakers:28,952
Date:2001
Familycolor:Hmong-Mien
Fam2:Hmongic
Fam3:West Hmongic
Fam4:Bu–Nao
Glotto:naog1238
Glottorefname:Naogelao

Nao Klao (Naogelao) or Baonao is a Hmongic language of southern China.

Varieties

According to Meng (2001),[1] Baonao 包瑙 (Nao Klao, Naogelao 瑙格劳, autonyms: pronounced as /pou33 nou22, [tɔ11] m̥ɔu11 tlou11/) has 28,952 speakers in Nandan, Hechi, and Tian'e in Guangxi as well as Libo County, Guizhou. The representative dialect in Meng (2001) is that of Lihu Township 里湖瑶族乡, Nandan County 南丹县, Guangxi.

Beidongnuo 被动诺, with 244 speakers (as of 1984) in Libo County, Guizhou, is likely a variety of Nagelao (Nao Klao).[2] It was identified as Dongmeng by Bradley (2007).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Meng, Chaoji 蒙朝吉 . Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū . 2001 . Minzu chubanshe . Beijing . zh . zh:瑤族布努语方言研究 . A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People.
  2. Web site: Beidongnuo . en . Asia Harvest.
  3. Book: Bradley, David . Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages . Routledge . 2007 . Moseley . Christopher . New York . en . East and Southeast Asia.