Cun language

Cun
Cun
Native to	China
Region	Hainan
Native speakers	80,000 (1999)
Language family	Kra–Dai Hlai Central North Cun; ; ; ;
Dialects	Nadou;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cuq
Glottolog	cunn1236
ELP	Nadouhua

Cun (Chinese: 村話; meaning "village language/speech") or Gelong (仡隆语 / 哥隆语) or Ngan-Fon is a Kra–Dai language spoken on Hainan Island. It is a part of the Hlai languages branch and has a lexical similarity with standard Hlai at 40%.^[1] The language has approximately 80,000 speakers, 47,200 of which are monolingual. Cun is a tonal language with 10 tones, used depending on whether a syllable is checked or unchecked. The speakers of this language are classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Han (same with speakers of Lingao).^{[citation needed]}

The Cun language is considered a dialect of the Han Li language.

The Cun were originally Han Chinese people who migrated to Hainan Island and intermingled with the Li people.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

http://www.language-archives.org/language/cuq

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[e18-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cun at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

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