Guiyang Miao language
| Guiyang Miao | |
|---|---|
| Hmong | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
Native speakers | (190,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:huj– Northernhmy– Southernhmg– Southwestern |
| Glottolog | guiy1235 |
Guiyang Miao,also known asGuiyang Hmong,is aMiao languageofChina.It is named afterGuiyang,Guizhou,though not all varieties are spoken there. TheendonymisHmong,a name it shares with theHmong language.
Classification
[edit]Guiyang was given as a subgroup ofWestern Hmongicin 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]
Mo Piu,spoken in northernVietnam,may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao.[4]
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:[5]
- Baituo bãi thác,Huaxi District,Guiyang
- Tieshi thiết thạch,Qianxi County
- Zhongba trung bá,Changshun County
Demographics
[edit]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 (inHuaxi,Xiaohe,Baiyun,Wudangdistricts),Qingzhen,Kaiyang,Xifeng,Xiuwen,Anshun,Pingba,Zhenning,Qianxi,Jinsha,Zhijin,Longli,Guiding | Baituo bãi thác trại, Qingyan Township thanh nham hương, Huaxi District hoa khê khu,GuiyangCity |
| South | 20,000+ | Anshun,Zhenning | Wangjiashan uông gia sơn, Huayan Township hoa nghiêm hương,AnshunCity |
| Southwest | 60,000 | Guiyang(inHuaxi,Wudang,Baiyundistricts),Qingzhen,Anshun,Pingba,Ziyun,Changshun | Kaisa Village khải sái thôn, Machang Township mã tràng hương,Pingba County |
| Northwest | 6,000 | Qingzhen,Qianxi,Longlin | Tieshi Township thiết thạch miêu tộc di tộc hương,Qianxi County |
| South-Central | 6,000 | Ziyun,Zhenning | Hongyanzhai hồng nham trại, Baiyun Township bạch vân hương,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 lâm tạp
- Qianxi County:Chongxin trọng tân, Shiping thạch bình
- Jinsha County:Musha mộc sa, Bijia bút giá, Zongping tông bình, Dayuan đại viên, Xinxi tân tây, Anmin an dân, Taoyuan đào viên
- Zhenning County:Xinchang tân tràng
- Kaiyang, Xifeng, Xiuwen, Guiding, and other counties
References
[edit]- ^NorthernatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
SouthernatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
SouthwesternatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required) - ^Wang, Fushi vương phụ thế, ed. (1985).Miáoyǔ jiǎnzhìMiêu ngữ giản chí(in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
- ^Li, Yunbing lý vân binh (2000).Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiūMiêu ngữ phương ngôn hoa phân di lưu vấn đề nghiên cứu(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 fromthe original(PDF)on 2008-07-24 – via pitt.edu.
- ^Li, Yunbing lý vân binh (2018).Miao Yao yu bijiao yanjiu miêu dao ngữ bỉ giác nghiên cứu (A comparative study of Hmong-Mien languages).Beijing:The Commercial Press.ISBN9787100165068.OCLC1112270585.
- ^Wang Fushi vương phụ thế. 1985.Miaoyu jianzhiMiêu ngữ giản chí. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe dân tộc xuất bản xã.
- ^Sun, Hongkai tôn hoành khai; Ting, Pang-hsin đinh bang tân, eds. (2017).Hanzangyu yuyin he cihui hán tàng ngữ ngữ âm hòa từ hối.Beijing: Minzu chubanshe dân tộc xuất bản xã. p. 40.ISBN9787105142385.