Mak (China)

Facts

  • Language: Mak (China)
  • Alternate names: Mo, Mohua, Mo-Hua, Ching, Mojiahua, Mochiahua, 莫語, 莫話, 錦話, 吳家話
  • Language code: mkg
  • Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kam-Sui, Then-MMS, Maonan-Mak-Sui, Mak-Ai-Cham
  • Number of speakers: 5,000
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Officially classified within Bouyei nationality. Traditional religion.

    According to Yang (200), /ai3 ma:k8/ and /ai3 ȶam1/ are not two different languages, but dialects of Mak.