"Yao languages" redirects here. For the Yao language of east Africa, see Yao language. For the extinct Yao language of Trinidad, see Yao language (Trinidad).
Mienic
Yao
Ethnicity
some of the Yao peoples
Geographic distribution
China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, United States
Linguistic classification
Hmong–Mien
Mienic
Proto-language
Proto-Mienic
Subdivisions
Iu Mien
Biao Mon
Kim Mun
Biao Min
Zaominic (Dzao Min and Yangchun Pai Yao)
Glottolog
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Mienic languages:
Iu Mien & Kim Mun
Biao Min
Dzao Min
Not shown: Biao Mon
The Mienic or Yao languages are spoken by the Yao people of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
Some of the Yao peoples speak Hmongic languages (Miao); these are called Bunu. A small population of Yao people in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County (金秀瑶族自治县) in eastern Guangxi speak a Tai-Kadai language called Lakkia. Other Yao peoples speak various Sinitic (Chinese) language varieties.
The Mienic or Yao languages are spoken by the Yao people of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Some of the Yao peoples speak Hmongic languages (Miao);...
Iu Mien in the West, however, because most are refugees from Laos, their dialect incorporates influences from the Lao and Thai languages. Iu Mien has...
different languages, The Iu Mien comprise 70% of the Yao population.[citation needed] Hmong–Mienlanguages The Mien speak Mieniclanguages (simplified...
people (such as Hmong, Hmu, and Xong). Hmongic languages also include various languages spoken by non-Mienic-speaking Yao people, such as Pa-Hng, Bunu, Jiongnai...
different Mieniclanguage spoken to the north in Quanzhou and Gongcheng counties of Guangxi. Also, despite sometimes being referred to as "Mien", Biao Mon...
Autonomous Region in China. The Iu Mienlanguage is categorized as belonging to the Hmong–Mienlanguage family. Iu Mien populations can be found in Southern...
Austroasiatic languages appear to be the extant autochthonous languages in mainland Southeast Asia, with the neighboring Kra–Dai, Hmong-Mien, Austronesian...
languages Distribution of Hmong–Mienlanguages East Asian languages Austro-Tai languages Sino-Austronesian languages Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic...
Old Chinese language [17] Proto-Tibeto-Burman [18] Proto-Loloish [19] Proto-Karenic Proto-Hmong–Mien [20] Proto-Hmongic [21] Proto-Mienic [22] The following...
Kim Mun (Chinese: 金门方言; also Lanten or Landian 蓝靛) is a Mieniclanguage spoken by 200,000 of the Yao people in the Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Hunan...
languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and adjacent parts of Yunnan and Guangdong. The Zhuang languages do...
Yangchun Pai Yao is an extinct Mieniclanguage of Yangchun, Guangdong, China. It is unclassified within Mienic, and is likely a sister branch to Dzao...
Hmong–Mienlanguages are descended from a population that is distantly related to those who now speak the Mon-Khmer languages. The time of Proto-Hmong-Mien...
Iu Mien Americans (Meiv guoqc Mienh) are primarily former refugees of the Secret War in Laos and the Vietnam War. While some Iu Mien families were granted...
Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Southern Burmish branch of the Tibeto-Burman languages. Burmese is the most widely spoken of the Tibeto-Burman languages and...
2013-04-13. Hsiu, Andrew (2023). The Pai Yao language of Yangchun: Final remnants of a Mieniclanguage. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics...
Study of Mien Dialects] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. Solnit, David B. (1996). "Some Evidence from Biao Min on the Initials of Proto-Mienic (Yao)...
in Hainan) speak Hmongic languages, a subfamily of the Hmong–Mienlanguages including many mutually unintelligible languages such as the Hmong, Hmub,...
Chinese varieties and Mieniclanguages most modifiers are placed before the noun. Topic-comment organization is also common. MSEA languages typically have well-developed...
Hmong-Mienlanguage of Vietnam. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Hsiu, Andrew. 2018. Preliminary classification of Hmongic languages Archived...
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