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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > China > Miao, Horned

Miao, Horned

A language of China

ISO 639-3hrm

Population  50,000 (Hattaway 2000).
Region  Northeastern Yunnan, Zhenxiong County, Guiyang, Bijie, Qingzhen cities; northwest and central Guizhou, Dafang, Nayong and Zhijin counties.
Language map  Southwestern China
Alternate names   A-Hmo, Bai Miao, Hmong Khua Shua Ndrang, Hmong Sou, Jiao Miao, Jiaojiao Miao, Kha-Nzi, White Miao
Classification  Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian
A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn] (China).
Language use  Vigorous. Home, community, market. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Comments  Consider themselves Miao nationality but unique in culture and language from other Miao groups.