Small Flowery Miao
Small Flowery Miao | |
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Gha-Mu | |
Native to | China |
Region | Guizhou |
Ethnicity | Gha-Mu |
Native speakers | (84,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Language family | Hmong–Mien
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sfm |
Glottolog | smal1236 |
Small Flowery Miao (Chinese: 小花苗 xiǎo huā miáo) is a Miao language of China spoken by the Gha-Mu people, that is closely related to Hmong: Hmong and Small Flowery Miao are listed as the first and second local dialects of the Chuanqiandian Cluster of West Hmongic languages.[2] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.[3]
References[]
- ^ Small Flowery Miao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáo yǔ 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.
- ^ "Gha-Mu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-17 – via Asia Harvest.
Categories:
- West Hmongic languages
- Languages of China
- Hmong–Mien language stubs