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Guiyang Miao
Hmong
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
Native speakers
(190,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
huj – Northern
hmy – Southern
hmg – Southwestern
Glottologguiy1235

Guiyang Miao, AKA 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).[2] Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties.[3]

  • Northern
  • Southern
  • Southwestern
  • Northwestern (Qianxi 黔西)
  • Mid-Southern (Ziyun 紫云)

Mo Piu may also be a variety of Guiyang Miao.

Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:[4]

References

  1. ^ Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Southwestern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 王辅世主编，《苗语简志》，民族出版社，1985年。
  3. ^ 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。
  4. ^ Mortensen, David (2004). “The Development of Tone Sandhi in Western Hmongic: A New Hypothesis”. Unpublished, UC Berkeley. http://www.pitt.edu/~drm31/development_whmongic_tone_sandhi.pdf


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