| Guiyang Miao | |
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| Hmong | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (190,000 cited 1995)[1] |
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| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:huj – Northernhmy – Southernhmg – Southwestern |
| Glottolog | guiy1235 |
Guiyang Miao, also known as Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao languageofChina. It is named after Guiyang, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonymisHmong, a name it shares with the Hmong language.
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]
Mo Piu, spoken in northern Vietnam, may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao.[4]
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:[5]
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[6] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[7]
| Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
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| North | 70,000 | Guiyang (inHuaxi, Xiaohe, Baiyun, Wudang districts), Qingzhen, Kaiyang, Xifeng, Xiuwen, Anshun, Pingba, Zhenning, Qianxi, Jinsha, Zhijin, Longli, Guiding | Baituo 摆托寨, Qingyan Township 青岩乡, Huaxi District 花溪区, Guiyang City |
| South | 20,000+ | Anshun, Zhenning | Wangjiashan 汪家山, Huayan Township 华严乡, Anshun City |
| Southwest | 60,000 | Guiyang (inHuaxi, Wudang, Baiyun districts), Qingzhen, Anshun, Pingba, Ziyun, Changshun | Kaisa Village 凯洒村, Machang Township 马场乡, Pingba County |
| Northwest | 6,000 | Qingzhen, Qianxi, Longlin | Tieshi Township 铁石苗族彝族乡, Qianxi County |
| South-Central | 6,000 | Ziyun, Zhenning | Hongyanzhai 红岩寨, Baiyun Township 白云乡, Ziyun County |
According to Sun (2017), the northern dialect of Guiyang Miao is spoken in the following locations by a total of approximately 60,000 speakers.[8]
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