Nanaic language
| Nanaish На̄най хэсэни |
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Spoken in |
 Russia People's Republic of China
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| speaker | 1400 (2010); 200–300 (researchers' assessment) | |
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| Official language in | - | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 |
gld |
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Nanaic language (на̄ни хэсэни) is the language of the Nanaia . In the scientific literature there are also names such as Gold, Hodzeni, Hezhe, Hezeni for the Nanaic language and the Nanaia. The language has approximately 1,400 speakers from 17,000 ethnic Nanai, but most (especially the younger generations) are also fluent in Russian or Chinese, and mostly use one of these languages for communication.