Kuan language
| Kuanhua | |
|---|---|
| Damai | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Southwest Yunnan |
Native speakers | (1,000 cited 1991)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xnh |
| Glottolog | kuan1250 |
| ELP | Kuanhua |
Kuan (Kuanhua 寬話 宽语), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Li (2005) proposes that it is a Mangic language.[2] Other possible affiliations include Palaungic, Khmuic, or even an independent branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family.
References
[edit]- ^ Kuanhua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2005). Bùgēngyǔ yánjiū 布赓语研究 [A Study of Bugeng (Bugan)] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.