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Name: Bunu, Bu-Nao

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Punu; Bunao; Po-Nau; Yung-ts'ung Miao; Tahua "Yao"

Spoken in: China

Number of speakers: 258,000 (McConnell 1995). 97,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 439,000 (1982 census). 100,000 ethnic Bunu speak a Northern Zhuang language as L1 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 1500 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 258000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: bwx

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao)

Parent Subgroup: Chuanqiandian; Western Miao (hmpr)

Child Dialects: Dongnu; Tung Nu (bwx-don) Numao; Nu Mhou; Hong Yao (bwx-num) Nunu (bwx-nun) Naogelao; Nao Klao (bwx-nao) Bunuo; Pu No (bwx-bun)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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