The Sheic or She–Jiongnai languages are a branch of the Miao (Hmongic) language family.
She (Ho-Ne) 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 (2012),Yoshihisa Taguchi [田口善久] (2012). On the Phylogeny of the Hmong-Mien languages . Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics 2012. in a computational phylogenetic study, found Ho Ne (She), Kiong Nai and Pana (Pa Na) to form a branch of the Miao (Hmongic) family, with She closest to Pa Na. Hsiu (2015, 2018),Hsiu, Andrew. 2015. The classification of Na Meo, a Hmong-Mien language of Vietnam. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Chiang Mai, Thailand.Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Preliminary classification of Hmongic languages also in a computational phylogenetic study, found She to be closest to Kiong Nai, and added Younuo as a fourth language.
She (Ho-Ne) Kiong Nai (Jiongnai) Pana Younuo (Yuno)
Yuno has also been classified as Bahengic by Mao & Li (1997).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.
Internal classification Taguchi (2012) classifies the Sheic languages as follows:
Hsiu (2015, 2018) classifies the Sheic languages as follows:
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