Pa Na language


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 considers Pa Na to be most closely related to She and Jiongnai.
Yoshihisa Taguchi covers the Xiapai 下排 dialect of Pa Na.

Distribution

According to the Suining County Almanac, in Suining County, Pa Na 坝哪话 reports that Pana is spoken by about 1,100 people in the following five villages of Yanzhai Township 岩寨乡, Chengbu County, Hunan.