Muya | |
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Munya | |
Native to | China |
Region | Sichuan |
Native speakers | Eastern: 2,000 (2020)[1] Western: 12,000 (2020)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:emq – Eastern Minyagwmg – Western Minyag |
Glottolog | muya1239 |
ELP | Muya |
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![]() Muya is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Munya or Muya (simplified Chinese: 木雅语; traditional Chinese: 木雅語; also Manyak 曼牙科,[2] Menia 么呢阿;[3] Tibetan: མི་ཉག, Wylie: Mi nyak, THL: Minyak[4]) is one of the Qiangic languages spoken in China. There are two dialects, Western and Eastern, which are not mutually intelligible. Most research on Munya has been conducted by Ikeda Takumi. There are about 2,000 monolinguals.