Pa Na language

Not to be confused with Pana language, Pana language (Gur), or Phana’ language.

Pa Na (Chinese: 巴那语; pinyin: Bānàyǔ; autonym: pa˥˧ na˧˩˧) is a Hmongic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Shangpai (上排), Zhongpai (中排), and Xiapai (下排) of Chengbu County, and Huangshuangping (黄双坪), Suining County in Hunan, China. It is also called "Red Miao." Yoshihisa Taguchi (2012)^[1] considers Pa Na to be most closely related to She and Jiongnai.

Pa Na
pa˥˧ na˧˩˧
Pronunciation	[pa˥˧ na˧˩˧]
Native to	China
Region	Hunan
Native speakers	(1,000 cited 1993)[citation needed]
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic Sheic Pana–She[1] or Kiong Nai–She–Pana?[2][3] Pa Na
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	pana1310

Yoshihisa Taguchi (2001) documents the Xiapai (下排) dialect of Pa Na.^[4] Hu (2018:14-17) briefly documents the Pa Na dialect of Tanni Village No. 2 (潭泥村二组), Huangsangping Ethnic Miao Township (黄桑坪苗族乡; currently part of Zhaishi Township 寨市苗族侗族乡), Suining County.^[5]

Phonology

Consonant phonemes

	Labial		Alveolar		Lateral		Post- alveolar		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		m		n						ŋ
Stop	p	b	t	d					k	ɡ	ʔ
Affricate			ts	dz	tɬ	dɮ	tɕ	dʑ
Fricative	f	v	s	z	ɬ	ɮ	ɕ	ʑ			h
Approximant						l

Vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	ɪ	iː			ʊ	uː
Mid	ɛ	eː	ə	əː	ɔ	oː
Open			a	aː

Distribution

According to the Suining County Gazetteer (1997:657), in Suining County, Pa Na (坝哪话, autonym: pᴀ25 nᴀ22 tɕi45; exonym: known as Zhaishanghua 寨上话 by the locals), is spoken by no more than 3,000 people in Tanni (潭泥), Moshi (磨石), Chiban (赤板), Jiexi (界溪), Shangbao (上堡), and other villages, all located in the southern part of Huangshuangping Township (黄双坪乡; currently part of Zhaishi Township 寨市苗族侗族乡).

Taguchi (2001: 83) reports that Pana is spoken by about 1,100 people in the following five villages of Yanzhai Township (岩寨乡), Chengbu County, Hunan.^[4]

• Shangpai (上排村)
• Xiapai (下排村)
• Desheng (得胜村)
• Liuma (六马村)
• Changxing (长兴村)

See also

• Pana word list (Wiktionary)