| Sheic | |
| Also Known As: | She–Jiongnai |
| Region: | China |
| Ethnicity: | Yao, She |
| Familycolor: | Hmong-Mien |
| Fam2: | Hmongic |
| Child1: | She (Ho Ne) |
| Child2: | Kiong Nai (Jiongnai) |
| Child3: | Pa Na (Pana) |
| Child4: | ?Younuo (Yuno) |
| Glotto: | jion1235 |
| Glottorefname: | Jiongnai-Ho Ne |
The Sheic or She–Jiongnai languages are a branch of the Miao (Hmongic) language family.
She (Ho-Ne) has long been recognized as a divergent language. It has been difficult to classify because of its numerous Chinese loanwords. Recently, it has been concluded that a few other Miao languages may be closer to She than to the rest of the family.
Taguchi (2012),[1] in a computational phylogenetic study, found Ho Ne (She), Kiong Nai and Pana (Pa Na) to form a branch of the Miao (Hmongic) family, with She closest to Pa Na. Hsiu (2015, 2018),[2] [3] also in a computational phylogenetic study, found She to be closest to Kiong Nai, and added Younuo as a fourth language.
Yuno has also been classified as Bahengic by Mao & Li (1997).[4]
Taguchi (2012) classifies the Sheic languages as follows:[1]
Hsiu (2015, 2018) classifies the Sheic languages as follows:[2] [3]