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Kuan language

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Native to
  
China

Native speakers
  
(1,000 cited 1991)

Glottolog
  
kuan1250

Region
  
Southwest Yunnan

ISO 639-3
  
xnh

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Palaungic or Khmuic Kuanhua

Kuan (Kuanhua 宽语), is a poorly classified Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1,000 people in Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. Li (2005) proposes that it is a Mangic language. Other possible affiliations include Palaungic and Khmuic.

References

Kuan language Wikipedia