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West Hmongic languages information


West Hmongic
Chuanqiandian Miao
Geographic
distribution
China
Linguistic classificationHmong–Mien
  • Hmongic
    • Core Hmongic
      • West Hmongic
Subdivisions
  • Hmong–Gha-Mu
  • A-Hmao
  • Bu–Nao
  • Gejia
  • Luobo
  • Mashan
  • Guiyang
  • Huishui
  • Pingtang
ISO 639-2 / 5hmn
ISO 639-3hmn
Glottologwest2803

The West Hmongic languages, also known as Chuanqiandian Miao (Chinese: 川黔滇苗; lit. 'Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan Miao') and Western Miao, are a major branch of the Hmongic languages of China and Southeast Asia.

The name Chuanqiandian is used both for West Hmongic as a whole and for one of its branches, the Chuanqiandian cluster.

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Mashan Miao language

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Hmu language

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Luobohe Miao language

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villages. Luobo River Miao has an unusually small number of tones for a Hmongic language, with just three: high ˥ 55, rising ˨˦ 24, and falling ˧˩ 31. Xijia...

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She language

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heavy influence of Chinese on the language. Matisoff (2001), for example, left it unclassified within the Hmongic languages, and some have considered that...

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Gejia language

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Guiyang Miao language

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language. Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985). Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages...

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Bunu language

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Hmongic language of southern China. Bunu speakers are classified as Yao by the People's Republic of China. Meng (2001) lists the following language varieties...

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Pollard script

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Pahawh Hmong

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