Sheic languages


The Sheic or She–Jiongnai languages are a branch of the Miao language family.
She has long been recognized as a divergent language. It has been difficult to classify because of its numerous Chinese loanwords. Recently, it has been concluded that a few other Miao languages may be closer to to the rest of the family.

Languages

Taguchi, in a computational phylogenetic study, found Ho Ne, Kiong Nai and Pana to form a branch of the Miao family, with She closest to Pa Na. Hsiu, also in a computational phylogenetic study, found She to be closest to Kiong Nai, and added Younuo as a fourth language.
  • She
  • Kiong Nai
  • Pana
  • Younuo
Yuno has also been classified as Bahengic by Mao & Li.

Internal Classification

Taguchi classifies the Sheic languages as follows:
Hsiu classifies the Sheic languages as follows: