Native to China Native speakers 190,000 (1995) | Region Guizhou Glottolog guiy1235 | |
Language family Hmong–Mien
Hmongic
West Hmongic
Guiyang Miao ISO 639-3 Variously:
huj – Northern
hmy – Southern
hmg – Southwestern | ||
Guiyang Miao, a.k.a. Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Guiyang County, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is Hmong, a name it shares with the Hmong language.
Classification
Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985). Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties.
Mo Piu may also be a variety of Guiyang Miao.
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:
References
Guiyang Miao Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA