Bunu, Younuo

A language of China

ISO 639: buh
Alternate Names: Pu No, Punu, Younuo, Yuno, Yunuo
Population: 4,600 (Shearer and Sun 2017), decreasing.
Location:: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Longsheng and Xing’an counties.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of recognized nationality: Yao.
Classification: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Bunu
Dialects: Liutian, Jinjiang.
Typology: SVO; relatively simple set of initials; many Chinese loans; tonal, 6 tones.
Language Use: Shifting to Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Language Development: Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Bunu, Younuo
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Bunu is a cover term for several separate languages (Strecker 1989). Daoist.

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Longsheng and Xing’an counties.