Cun

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Cun-Hua, Cunhua, Ngao Fon

80,000 (1999 O. Jueya). 47,200 monolinguals. Mainly children, elders, and some women.

Hainan province: Changjiang county on Changhua river north bank, north Dongfang county on south bank of Changhua river.

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6a (Vigorous). Language of recognized nationality: Han.

None known. Lexical similarity: 40% with Hlai [lic]. Many loanwords from Chinese.

SVO; tonal, 10 tones (5 in checked syllables and 5 in unchecked syllables).

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Many also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn]. A few also use Hlai [lic].

Grammar.

Unwritten [Qaax].

Traditional religion.