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

Miao, Northern Guiyang

A language of China

ISO 639-3huj

Population  84,000 (1995 F. Wang).
Region  Central Guizhou Province, Jinsha, Qianxi, Xifeng, Kaiyang, Xiuwen, Pingba Guiding counties, west Guiyang municipality suburbs.
Language map  Southwestern China, reference number 27
Alternate names   Northern Guiyang 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.