Gha-Mu | |
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Small Flowery Miao | |
Native to | China |
Region | Guizhou |
Ethnicity | Gha-Mu |
Native speakers | (84,000 cited 1995) [1] |
Hmong–Mien
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
sfm |
Glottolog |
smal1236 |
Gha-Mu, often translated as Small Flowery Miao ( Chinese: 小花苗; pinyin: Xiǎo Huā Miáo), is a Miao language of China spoken by the Gha-Mu people. It is closely related to the Hmong dialects of China and Laos; both Gha-Mu and Hmong are members of the Chuanqiandian cluster of West Hmongic languages. [2] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China. [3]