Ná-Meo language
| Ná-Meo | |
|---|---|
| Na Meo | |
| Mieu | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
| Region | Lang Son Province, Tuyen Quang Province |
| Ethnicity | Mieu people |
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Native speakers
|
1,200 (2002) |
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Hmong–Mien
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | name1237 |
Ná-Meo (Vietnamese: Na Miểu; autonym: na˥˧mjau˧˥ɬa˥˧) 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 Andrew 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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