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The Bahengic (Pahungic) languages are a divergent branch of the Miao (Hmongic) languages. Speakers are among the ethnic Bunu: Miao-speaking Yao people of China.

Bahengic
Pahungic
Ethnicity	Yao
Geographic distribution	China, Vietnam
Linguistic classification	Hmong–Mien Hmongic Bahengic
Subdivisions	Pa-Hng (Baheng) Yuno (Younuo) Hm Nai (Wunai)
Glottolog	pahe1239

Pa-Hng (Baheng) has long been recognized as a divergent language. Benedict (1986) argued that one of its dialects constituted a separate branch of the Miao–Yao family, and Ratliff (2010) found it to be the most divergent Hmongic language that she analyzed.[1] Mao & Li (1997) determined that two poorly known languages are closely related to Pa-Hng, though none are mutually intelligible:[2]

Bahengic

• ?Yuno (Younuo)
• Baheng–Wunai
  • Hm-Nai (Wunai)
  • Pa-Hng (Baheng)

Yuno has also been classified as Sheic.

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