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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Miao, Northern Mashan

Miao, Northern Mashan

A language of China

ISO 639-3hmp

Population  35,000 (1995 F. Wang).
Region  South central Guizhou Province, Changshun, Luodian and Huishui counties.
Language map  Southwestern China, reference number 17
Alternate names   Northern Mashan Hmong
Dialects  Not inherently intelligible with other Miao varieties.
Classification  Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian
A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn] (China).
Comments  Part of Miao nationality. Tonal, 13 tones. Traditional religion.