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The Hlai languages () are a primary branch of the Tai–Kadai language family spoken in the mountains of central and south-central Hainan in China. They include Cun, whose speakers are ethnically distinct.〔Ethnologue mistakenly lists Cun among the Kra languages.〕 A quarter of Hlai speakers are monolingual. None of the Hlai languages had a writing system until the 1950s, when the Latin script was adopted for Ha. ==Classification== Norquest (2007) classifies the Hlai languages as follows. Individual languages are highlighted in bold. There are some 750,000 Hlai speakers. *Proto-Hlai * *Bouhin (Heitu 黑土) – 73,000 * *Greater Hlai * * *Ha Em 哈 (Zhongsha 中沙) – 193,000, the basis of the literary language * * *Central Hlai * * * *East Central Hlai – 344,000 * * * * *Lauhut (Baoding 保定) – 166,000 * * * * *Qi 杞 ''Gei'' – 178,000 * * * * * *Tongzha (Tongshi 通什) – 125,000 * * * * * *Zandui (Qiandui 堑对) – 29,000 * * * * * *Baoting 保亭 – 24,000 * * * *North Central Hlai – 136,500 * * * * *Northwest Central Hlai – 62,500 * * * * * *Cun (Ngan Fon, Gelong 仡隆) – 60,000 * * * * * *Nadou (Dongfang 东方) – 2,500 * * * * *Northeast Central Hlai – 74,000 * * * * * *Meifu 美孚 (Moifau) – 30,000 * * * * * * *Changjiang 昌江 * * * * * * *Moyfaw (Xifang 西方) * * * * * *Run (''Zwn'') ''Bendi'' – 44,000 * * * * * * *Baisha 白沙 – 36,000 * * * * * * *Yuanmen 元门 – 8,000 The Fuma 府玛 dialect is spoken in 1 village north of Changcheng 昌城, Hainan. It had by 800 speakers in 1994.〔http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/F/Fuma.pdf〕 Jiamao 加茂 (52,000), although ethnically Hlai, is not a Hlai language. It is currently unclassified. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hlai languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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