Biao Mon
A language of China
| Population | 20,000 (Wang and Mao 1995). |
| Region | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Mengshan, Zhaoping, Pingle, Lipu, and Gongcheng counties. |
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Southern China |
| Alternate names | Biao Mien, Biaoman, Changping, Min Yao, Sida Min Yao |
| 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’. |
| Classification | Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Mian-Jin |
| Comments | Part of Yao nationality. Swidden agriculturalists: paddy rice. Daoist, secular. |
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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