| Huishui Miao | |
|---|---|
| Mhong | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (180,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:hmc – Centralhme – Easternhmi – Northernhmh – Southwestern |
| Glottolog | huis1239 |
Huishui Miao, a.k.a.Huishui Hmong, is aMiao language of China. It is named afterHuishui County, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym isMhong, though it shares this withGejia and it is simply a variant spelling ofHmong.
Huishui was given as a subgroup ofWestern Hmongic in Strecker (1987). Matisoff (2001) split it into four separate languages, and, conservatively, did not retain it as a group.
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[2] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[3]
| Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | 60,000 | Guiyang (including inHuaxi Gaopo 花溪区高坡乡),Longli,Guiding,Huishui | Jiading 甲定寨, Gaopo Township 高坡苗族乡,Guiyang City |
| Central | 40,000+ | Huishui,Changshun | Baijin Township 摆金乡,Huishui County |
| East | 10,000+ | Huishui,Pingtang | Xiguan Township 西关乡,Pingtang County |
| West | 50,000 | Huishui,Changshun | Yarong Township 鸭绒乡,Huishui County |
According to Sun (2017), the northern dialect of Huishui Miao is spoken in the following townships by a total of approximately 50,000 speakers.[4]
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