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

Miao, Southwestern Huishui

A language of China

ISO 639-3hmh

Population  56,000 (1995 F. Wang).
Region  Central Guizhou Province, Huishui, Sandu, Changshun counties.
Language map  Southwestern China, reference number 20
Alternate names   Miao, Southwestern Huishui Hmong
Dialects  Inherently mutually unintelligible 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.