Mo Piu language

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Mo Piu
Mơ Piu
Native to Vietnam
Region Lao Cai province
Native speakers 237  (2011)
Language family
Hmong–Mien
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)

Mo Piu (Mơ Piu) is an unclassified Hmongic language spoken in the village of Nậm Tu Thượng, western Văn Bàn District, Lào Cai province.[1] It was first documented in 2009 by a team of French linguists as part of the MICA Institute's "Au Co" Project.

Geneviève Caelen-Haumont reported 237 speakers as of 2011. She notes that Mo Piu is highly divergent from neighbouring Hmongic languages, and is currently unclassified within Hmongic.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 22.05 N, 104.0166 E
  2. ^ Caelen-Haumont, Geneviève (2011), "Towards the tonal system of an unknown language from south-east Asia: a deeper insight", Proceedings of the Tonal Aspects of Languages (2012) .

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