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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Miao, Eastern Qiandong

Miao, Eastern Qiandong

A language of China

ISO 639-3hmq

Population  350,000 (1995 F. Wang).
Region  East Guizhou Province, Jianhe, Jinping and Liping counties; west Hunan Province, Huitong, Jingzhou and Tongdao counties.
Language map  Southern China, reference number 36
Alternate names   Black Miao, Central Miao, Chientung Miao, Eastern East-Guizhou Miao, Eastern Hmu, Hei Miao, Hmu
Dialects  Not intelligible with other Miao varieties. Corresponds more or less to Ma’s Central Miao and Purnell’s Eastern Miao.
Classification  Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Qiandong
A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn] (China).
Language development  Dictionary. Bible portions: 1928.
Comments  Part of Miao nationality. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion.