Pingtang Miao language
| Pingtang Miao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| 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.
Classification
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]
Varieties
There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li (2000):
- North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
- East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000
- South (Strecker's Luodian–Pingyan Miao), 6,000
- West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao AKA Mhang), 3,000
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.
References
- ^ 王辅世、毛宗武，《苗瑶语古音构拟》，中国社会科学出版社，1995年。
- ^ Wang Fushi (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí (On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language)". Mínzú Yǔwén 5:1–22.
- ^ 李云兵，《苗语方言划分遗留问题研究》，中央民族大学出版社，2000年。
- ^ Wú Zhèngbiāo and Yáng Guāngyīng, 2010. 兼谈苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的记译整理问题, 民族翻译.