Ná-Meo | |
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Na Meo | |
Mieu | |
Native to | Vietnam |
Region | Lang Son Province, Tuyen Quang Province |
Ethnicity | Mieu people |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2015)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | neo |
Glottolog | name1237 |
Ná-Meo (Vietnamese: Na Miểu; autonym: na53 mjau35 ɬa53[2]) is a language of northern Vietnam, spoken by the Mieu people. Nguyen (2007) believes Na Meo may be a Hmongic language closest to Qiandong Miao.
According to Hsiu (2015), Na Meo is most closely related to the Guncen 滚岑 and Zhenmin 振民 dialects of Southern Qiandong Miao (ISO 639-3: hms), which are spoken in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, northern Guangxi Province, China. This is evidenced by the sound change Proto-Hmong–Mien *-ɛŋ > Proto-Na Meo-Guncen-Zhenmin *-a.
The following locations are reported in Ethnologue.
Nguyen (2007:31) reports the following additional locations.
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