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Xixiu Miao)
| Xixiu Miao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (300 cited 1995) [1] |
Hmong–Mien
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Xixiu Miao ( Chinese: 西秀苗语) [2] is a small Miao language of China that is closely related to Hmong: Hmong, Small Flowery Miao, and Xixiu are listed as the three local dialects of the Chuanqiandian Cluster of the West Hmongic languages. [3] There are only 300 speakers, in the Xixiu District of Anshun Prefecture, Guizhou Province. [1]
References
- ^ a b Wang and Mao (1995). At the time, 城郊和安顺县旧州一带.
- ^ There is no established name in English. " Xixiu" is the name of the representative place where it is spoken. In Chinese, it is called 川黔滇方言川黔滇次方言第三土语 "the third local dialect of the Chuanqiandian subdialect of the Chuanqiandian dialect [of Miao]", but it is not the only variety of Miao to have gone by that description.
- ^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" 苗语方言划分问题 [On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language]. Mínzú yǔwén (in Chinese). 5: 1–22.