Pingtang Miao | |
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Native to | China |
Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1995) [1] |
Hmong–Mien
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
ping Pingtang | |
dush Dushan | |
lupi Luodian–Pingyan | |
wanl Wangmo–Luodian | |
Glottolog | None |
Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 Píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao language varieties of China.
The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian Miao (Western Hmongic) in Wang (1983). [2] Li (2000) classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic, [3] a position maintained in Wu and Yang (2010). [4]
According to Li, there are four varieties of Pingtang (2000):
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018), [5] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985). [6]
Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
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North | 10,000+ | Pingtang | Shanglin village 上林村, Yuanjiatong Township 原甲桐乡, Pingtang County |
East | 4,000 | Dushan | Caozhai 草寨, Xinmin Township 新民乡, Dushan County |
South | 6,000 | Luodian, Pingtang, Nandan | Pingyan Township 平岩乡, Luodian County |
West | 3,000 | Wangmo | Youmai Village 油迈村, Youmai Township 油迈乡, Wangmo County |