Gha-Mu language
Appearance
Small Flowery Miao | |
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Gha-Mu | |
Native to | China |
Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (84,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sfm |
Glottolog | smal1236 |
Small Flowery Miao (Chinese: 小花苗 xiǎo huā miáo) is a Miao language of China that is closely related to Hmong: Hmong and Small Flowery Miao are listed as the first and second local dialects of the Chuanqiandian Cluster of West Hmongic languages.[2] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.[3]
References
- ^ Small Flowery Miao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wang Fushi (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí (On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language)". Mínzú Yǔwén 5:1–22.
- ^ http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/G/Gha-Mu.pdf