Miao, Southern Qiandong
A language of China
| Population | 500,000 (1995 F. Wang). All Miao in China: 8,949,116 (2000 census). |
| Region | Southeast Guizhou Province, Sandu, Danzhai, Libo and Rongjiang Congjiang counties; north Guangxi Province, Rongshui and Sanjiang counties. |
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Southern China, reference number 43 |
| Alternate names | Black Miao, Central Miao, Chientung Miao, Hei Miao, Hmu, Southern East-Guizhou Miao, Southern 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. |
| Comments | Part of Miao nationality. Agriculturalists. Polytheist, Christian. |
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