Bahengic languages

Bahengic
	Pahungic
Ethnicity	Yao
Geographic; distribution	China, Vietnam
Linguistic classification	Hmong–Mien Hmongic Bahengic; ;
Subdivisions	Pa-Hng (Baheng); Yuno (Younuo); Hm Nai (Wunai);
Glottolog	pahe1239[1]

The Bahengic (Pahungic) languages are a divergent branch of the Miao (Hmongic) languages. Speakers are among the ethnic Bunu: Miao-speaking Yao people of China.

Pa-Hng (Baheng) has long been recognized as a divergent language. Benedict (1986) argued that one of its dialects constituted a separate branch of the Miao–Yao family, and Ratliff (2010) found it to be the most divergent Hmongic language that she analyzed.[2] Mao & Li (1997) determined that two poorly known languages are closely related to Pa-Hng, though none are mutually intelligible:[3]

Bahengic

?Yuno (Younuo)
Baheng–Wunai
- Hm-Nai (Wunai)
- Pa-Hng (Baheng)

Yuno has also been classified as Sheic.

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Paheng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Ratliff, Martha. 2010. Hmong–Mien language history. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics.
毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 1997. 巴哼语研究 / Baheng yu yan jiu (A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]). Shanghai: 上海远东出版社 / Shanghai yuan dong chu ban she.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Paheng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Ratliff2010-2] Ratliff, Martha. 2010. Hmong–Mien language history. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics.

[3] 毛宗武, 李云兵 / Mao Zongwu, Li Yunbing. 1997. 巴哼语研究 / Baheng yu yan jiu (A Study of Baheng [Pa-Hng]). Shanghai: 上海远东出版社 / Shanghai yuan dong chu ban she.