Sheic | |
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She–Jiongnai | |
Ethnicity | Yao, She |
Geographic distribution | China |
Linguistic classification |
Hmong–Mien
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | jion1235 |
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]