Biao-Jiao Mien

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
bje
Alternate Names
Biao Chao, Byau Min, Dongshan Biao Min
Population

43,000 (Wang Fushi and Mao Zhongwu 1995). Biaomin (Dongshan) has a much larger speaker population (approximately 35,700) than Jiaogong (Shikou; approximately 10,900).

Location

Northeast Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Quanzhou, Guanyang, and Gongcheng Yao autonomous counties; south Hunan Province, Shuangpai, and Daoxian counties.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Biao-Jiao
Dialects

Biao Min (Ao Yao, Biao Mien, Biaomin, Byaumin, Dongshan Yao), Jiaogong Mian (Chao Kong Meng, Shikou, Tsaukongmeng). Dialects Biaomin (Dongshan) and Jiaogong (Shikou) reportedly mutually unintelligible. Quite different from and unintelligible with Biao Mon [bmt] (Biaoman). Lexical similarity: 70% with Iu Mien [ium], 67% with Kim Mun [mji], 58% with Dzao Min [bpn].

Language Development
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Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Biao-Jiao Mien
Other Comments

Officially classified within Yao nationality. Daoist.