Biao Mon

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A language of China

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Alternate Names
Biao Mien, Biaoman, Biao-Mian, Changping, Min Yao, Sida Min Yao
Population

20,000 (Wang Fushi and Mao Zhongwu 1995).

Location

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Mengshan, Zhaoping, Pingle, Lipu, and Gongcheng counties.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Mian-Jin
Dialects

Biao Mon (Min Yao), Shi Mun (Sida Min Yao). May be intelligible with some dialects of Iu Mien [ium]. Quite different from and unintelligible with Biao Jiao Mien [bje] or its dialect Biaomin, also called Biao Mien.

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OLAC resources in and about Biao Mon
Other Comments

Officially classified within Yao nationality. Daoist.