Nao Klao language

Nao Klao (Naogelao) or Baonao is a Hmongic language of southern China.

Nao Klao
Baonao
Native to	China
Region	Guangxi; Libo County, Guizhou
Ethnicity	Yao
Native speakers	28,952 (2001)[1]
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic Bu–Nao Nao Klao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	naog1238

Varieties

According to Meng (2001),^[1] Baonao 包瑙 (Nao Klao, Naogelao 瑙格劳, autonyms: pou33 nou22, [tɔ11] m̥ɔu11 tlou11) has 28,952 speakers in Nandan, Hechi, and Tian'e in Guangxi as well as Libo County, Guizhou. The representative dialect in Meng (2001) is that of Lihu Township 里湖瑶族乡, Nandan County 南丹县, Guangxi.

Beidongnuo 被动诺, with 244 speakers (as of 1984) in Libo County, Guizhou, is likely a variety of Nagelao (Nao Klao).^[2] It was identified as Dongmeng by Bradley (2007).^[3]