Miao language of Guizhou, China
Guiyang Miao , also known as Guiyang Hmong , is a Miao language of China . It is named after Guiyang , Guizhou , though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is Hmong , a name it shares with the Hmong language .
Classification
Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985).[ 2] Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties.[ 3]
Northern
Southern
Southwestern
Northwestern (Qianxi 黔西)
South-Central (Ziyun 紫云)
Mo Piu , spoken in northern Vietnam , may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao.[ 4]
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:[ 5]
Demographics
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[ 6] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[ 7]
Dialect
Speakers
Counties
Representative datapoint (Wang 1985)
North
70,000
Guiyang (in Huaxi , Xiaohe , Baiyun , Wudang districts), Qingzhen , Kaiyang , Xifeng , Xiuwen , Anshun , Pingba , Zhenning , Qianxi , Jinsha , Zhijin , Longli , Guiding
Baituo 摆托寨, Qingyan Township 青岩乡, Huaxi District 花溪区, Guiyang City
South
20,000+
Anshun , Zhenning
Wangjiashan 汪家山, Huayan Township 华严乡, Anshun City
Southwest
60,000
Guiyang (in Huaxi , Wudang , Baiyun districts), Qingzhen , Anshun , Pingba , Ziyun , Changshun
Kaisa Village 凯洒村, Machang Township 马场乡, Pingba County
Northwest
6,000
Qingzhen , Qianxi , Longlin
Tieshi Township 铁石苗族彝族乡, Qianxi County
South-Central
6,000
Ziyun , Zhenning
Hongyanzhai 红岩寨, Baiyun Township 白云乡, Ziyun County
According to Sun (2017), the northern dialect of Guiyang Miao is spoken in the following locations by a total of approximately 60,000 speakers.[ 8]
Pingba County : Linka 林卡
Qianxi County : Chongxin 重新, Shiping 石平
Jinsha County : Musha 木沙, Bijia 笔架, Zongping 宗平, Dayuan 大员, Xinxi 新西, Anmin 安民, Taoyuan 桃园
Zhenning County : Xinchang 新场
Kaiyang, Xifeng, Xiuwen, Guiding, and other counties
References
^ Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Southwestern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世, ed. (1985). Miáoyǔ jiǎnzhì 苗语简志 (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
^ 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.
^ Ly Van Tu, Jean-Cyrille; Vittrant, Alice (2014). Place of Mơ Piu in the Hmong Group: A Proposal . Presented at SEALS 24, Yangon, Myanmar – via Academia.edu.
^ Mortensen, David (2004). "The Development of Tone Sandhi in Western Hmongic: A New Hypothesis" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-24 – via pitt.edu.
^ Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2018). Miao Yao yu bijiao yanjiu 苗瑶语比较研究 (A comparative study of Hmong-Mien languages) . Beijing: The Commercial Press . ISBN 9787100165068 . OCLC 1112270585 .
^ Wang Fushi 王辅世. 1985. Miaoyu jianzhi 苗语简志. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社.
^ Sun, Hongkai 孙宏开; Ting, Pang-hsin 丁邦新, eds. (2017). Hanzangyu yuyin he cihui 汉藏语语音和词汇 . Beijing: Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社. p. 40. ISBN 9787105142385 .
Official Regional
Indigenous
Minority Varieties of Chinese Creole/Mixed Extinct Sign
GX = Guangxi
HK = Hong Kong
MC = Macau
NM = Inner Mongolia
XJ = Xinjiang
XZ = Tibet