Hm Nai language

{{Short description|Hmongic language spoken in China}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Hm Nai

|altname=Wunai

|nativename=Ng-nai

|states=China

|region=Hunan

|ethnicity=8,000 (2007)

|speakers=5,800

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Hmong-Mien

|fam2=Hmongic

|fam3=Bahengic

|iso3=bwn

|glotto=wuna1248

|glottorefname=Wunai Bunu

|map=Lang Status 60-DE.svg

|mapcaption={{center|{{small|Hm Nai is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Hm Nai (Mandarin: Wunai (唔奈 Wúnài), Cantonese: Ng-nai) is a Hmong-Mien language spoken{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6p6b5GQ4Q4YC&q=Hm+Nai+language&pg=PA285 |title=Language Diversity Endangered |date=2007 |publisher=Mouton de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-017050-4 |editor-last=Brenzinger |editor-first=Matthias |location=Berlin |language=en}} in western Hunan province, China. There are approximately 5800 people speaking this language, and the number is decreasing.{{Cite web |title=Bunu, Wunai |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/bwn/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007181511/http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/bwn/ |archive-date=2016-10-07 |access-date=2017-02-10 |website=Ethnologue}} Mao & Li (1997) determined it to be closely related to the Pa-Hng language.