Guiyang Miao | |
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Hmong | |
Native to | China |
Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (190,000 cited 1995) [1] |
Hmong–Mien
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Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
huj – Northern
hmy – Southern
hmg – Southwestern |
Glottolog |
guiy1235 |
Guiyang Miao, also known as Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Guiyang, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is Hmong, a name it shares with the Hmong language.
Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985). [2] Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties. [3]
Mo Piu, spoken in northern Vietnam, may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao. [4]
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include: [5]
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018), [6] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985). [7]
Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
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North | 70,000 | Guiyang (in Huaxi, Xiaohe, Baiyun, Wudang districts), Qingzhen, Kaiyang, Xifeng, Xiuwen, Anshun, Pingba, Zhenning, Qianxi, Jinsha, Zhijin, Longli, Guiding | Baituo 摆托寨, Qingyan Township 青岩乡, Huaxi District 花溪区, Guiyang City |
South | 20,000+ | Anshun, Zhenning | Wangjiashan 汪家山, Huayan Township 华严乡, Anshun City |
Southwest | 60,000 | Guiyang (in Huaxi, Wudang, Baiyun districts), Qingzhen, Anshun, Pingba, Ziyun, Changshun | Kaisa Village 凯洒村, Machang Township 马场乡, Pingba County |
Northwest | 6,000 | Qingzhen, Qianxi, Longlin | Tieshi Township 铁石苗族彝族乡, Qianxi County |
South-Central | 6,000 | Ziyun, Zhenning | Hongyanzhai 红岩寨, Baiyun Township 白云乡, Ziyun County |
According to Sun (2017), the northern dialect of Guiyang Miao is spoken in the following locations by a total of approximately 60,000 speakers. [8]