Biao-Jiao Mien
A language of China
| Population | 43,000 (Wang and Mao 1995). |
| Region | Northeast Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Quanzhou, Guanyang, and Gongcheng Yao autonomous counties; south Hunan Province, Shuangpai, and Daoxian counties. |
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Southern China |
| Alternate names | Biao Chao, Byau Min |
| Dialects | Biao Min (Biaomin, Biao Mien, Dongshan Yao), Jiaogong Mian (Chao Kong Meng, Shikou). Dialects 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]. |
| Classification | Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Biao-Jiao |
| Language development | Grammar. |
| Comments | Part of Yao nationality. Daoist. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
AUMANN, Greg; SIDWELL, Paul, authors. 2004. "Subgrouping of Mienic languages: some observations."
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