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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Miao, Southwestern Guiyang

Miao, Southwestern Guiyang

A language of China

ISO 639-3hmg

Population  70,000 (1995 F. Wang).
Region  Central Guizhou Province, Pingba, Changshun counties, suburbs of Guiyang, Qingzhen, Anshun municipalities.
Language map  Southwestern China, reference number 21
Alternate names   Southwestern Guiyang Hmong
Dialects  Not inherently intelligible with other Miao varieties.
Classification  Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian
A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn] (China).
Language use  All domains.
Comments  Part of Miao nationality. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion.