She language
| She | |
|---|---|
| Ho Le | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Zengcheng, Boluo County, Huidong County and Haifeng County in Guangdong |
| Ethnicity | 710,000 She (2000 census) |
Native speakers | (910 cited 1999) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | shx |
| Glottolog | shee1238 |
| ELP | She |
She is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The She language (Mandarin: 畲語, Shēyǔ), autonym Ho Le or Ho Ne, /hɔ22 ne53/ or Ho Nte, is a critically endangered Hmong–Mien language spoken by the She people. Most of the over 709,000 She people today speak She Chinese (possibly a variety of Hakka Chinese). Those who speak Sheyu—approximately 1,200 individuals in Guangdong Province—call themselves Ho Ne, "mountain people" (活聶; huóniè).