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Guiyang Miao

Guiyang Miao
Hmong
Native to China
Region Guizhou
Native speakers
190,000 (1995)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
huj – Northern
hmy – Southern
hmg – Southwestern
Glottolog guiy1235

Guiyang Miao, a.k.a. Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Guiyang County, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is Hmong, a name it shares with the Hmong language.

Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985). Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties.

Mo Piu may also be a variety of Guiyang Miao.

Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:



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