Pingtang Miao

Pingtang Miao
Pingtang Miao
Native to	China
Region	Guizhou
Native speakers	(24,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic Pingtang Miao; ; ;
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 language varieties of China.

Classification[]

The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian 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]

Varieties[]

There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li (2000):

North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000
South (Strecker's Luodian–Pingyan Miao), 6,000
West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao a.k.a. Mhang), 3,000

These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.

References[]

^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世; Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武 (1995). Miáo Yáoyǔ gǔyīn gòunǐ 苗瑶语古音构拟 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.
^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" 苗语方言划分问题 [On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language]. Mínzú yǔwén 民族语文 (in Chinese). 1983 (5): 1–22.
^ Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2000). Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū 苗语方言划分遗留问题研究 (in Chinese). Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
^ Wu, Zhengbiao 吴正彪; Yang, Guangying 杨光应 (2010). "Máshān cì fāngyán qū Miáo wén fāng'àn de shèjì yǔ shǐyòng - jiān tán Miáozú yīngxióng shǐshī "Yàlǔ wáng" de jì yì zhěnglǐ wèntí" 麻山次方言区苗文方案的设计与使用—兼谈苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的记译整理问题 (PDF). Mínzú fānyì 民族翻译 (in Chinese). 2010 (3): 58–65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

[1] Wang, Fushi 王辅世; Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武 (1995). Miáo Yáoyǔ gǔyīn gòunǐ 苗瑶语古音构拟 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.

[2] Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" 苗语方言划分问题 [On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language]. Mínzú yǔwén 民族语文 (in Chinese). 1983 (5): 1–22.

[3] Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2000). Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū 苗语方言划分遗留问题研究 (in Chinese). Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.

[4] Wu, Zhengbiao 吴正彪; Yang, Guangying 杨光应 (2010). "Máshān cì fāngyán qū Miáo wén fāng'àn de shèjì yǔ shǐyòng - jiān tán Miáozú yīngxióng shǐshī "Yàlǔ wáng" de jì yì zhěnglǐ wèntí" 麻山次方言区苗文方案的设计与使用—兼谈苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的记译整理问题 (PDF). Mínzú fānyì 民族翻译 (in Chinese). 2010 (3): 58–65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

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