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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Miao, Central Huishui

Miao, Central Huishui

A language of China

ISO 639-3hmc

Population  40,000 (1995 F. Wang).
Region  Central Guizhou Province, Huishui and Changshun counties, suburbs of south Guiyang Municipality.
Language map  Southwestern China, reference number 19
Alternate names   Central Huishui Hmong
Dialects  Inherently mutually unintelligible with other Miao varieties. 30 to 40 different Hmong (Miao) languages in China. Great linguistic differences.
Classification  Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian
A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn] (China).
Language use  All domains.
Comments  Part of Miao nationality. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion.