| Pingtang Miao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (24,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
ping Pingtang | |
dush Dushan | |
lupi Luodian–Pingyan | |
wanl Wangmo–Luodian | |
| Glottolog | None |
Pingtang Miao, named afterPingtang County (平塘Píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group ofMiao language varieties of China.
The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches ofChuanqiandian Miao (Western Hmongic) in Wang (1983).[2] Li (2000) classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic,[3] a position maintained in Wu and Yang (2010).[4]
According to Li, there are four varieties of Pingtang (2000):
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, whichEthnologue assigned separate ISO codes.
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[5] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[6]
| Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | 10,000+ | Pingtang | Shanglin village 上林村, Yuanjiatong Township 原甲桐乡,Pingtang County |
| East | 4,000 | Dushan | Caozhai 草寨, Xinmin Township 新民乡,Dushan County |
| South | 6,000 | Luodian, Pingtang, Nandan | Pingyan Township 平岩乡,Luodian County |
| West | 3,000 | Wangmo | Youmai Village 油迈村, Youmai Township 油迈乡,Wangmo County |