| Guiyang Miao | |
|---|---|
| Hmong | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (190,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:huj – Northernhmy – Southernhmg – Southwestern |
| Glottolog | guiy1235 |
Guiyang Miao, also known asGuiyang Hmong, is aMiao language ofChina. It is named afterGuiyang,Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. Theendonym isHmong, a name it shares with theHmong language.
Guiyang was given as a subgroup ofWestern 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 northernVietnam, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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