Pingtang Miao
| Pingtang Miao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
|
Native speakers
|
24,000 (1995) |
|
Hmong–Mien
|
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
|
Linguist list
|
ping Pingtang |
dush Dushan |
|
lupi Luodian–Pingyan |
|
wanl Wangmo–Luodian |
|
| Glottolog | None |
Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao languages of China.
The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian Miao (Western Hmongic) in Wang (1983). Li (2000) classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic, a position maintained in Wu and Yang (2010).
There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li (2000):
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.
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