Sheic languages

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 She than to the rest of the family.

Languages
Taguchi (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), 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).

Internal Classification
Taguchi (2012) classifies the Sheic languages as follows:

Hsiu (2015, 2018) classifies the Sheic languages as follows: