Gejia | |
Also Known As: | Ge, Chong'an River Miao |
Nativename: | Chinese: [[File:Gě-chinese.svg|15px]]家语, Chinese: 重安江苗语 |
States: | China |
Region: | Guizhou |
Ethnicity: | Gejia |
Speakers: | 60,000 |
Date: | 1995 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Hmong-Mien |
Fam2: | Hmongic |
Fam3: | West Hmongic |
Fam4: | ? Chuanqiandian cluster |
Dia2: | Dongjia |
Dia1: | Gejia |
Iso3: | hmj |
Glotto: | geee1239 |
Glottorefname: | Ge |
The Ge or Gejia language, also known as Chong'anjiang Miao, is a West Hmongic language of Huangping County, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled Mhong, though it shares this with Huishui Miao; it is pronounced pronounced as /[m̥ōŋ]/, as in the Hmong language. When speaking Chinese, they call themselves .
Gejia is spoken in eastern Guizhou, in speech islands within the Hmu language (Qiandong Miao 黔东苗语) area. Dongjia, spoken nearby in Majiang County, is closely related to Gejia.[1]
Sun (2017)[2] lists the following locations for Chong'anjiang Miao, and gives a speaker population estimate of 40,000.
Fengtang 枫塘, Chongxin 重新, Chongren 崇仁, etc.
Longchang 龙场, Ganba 甘坝, Longshan 龙山, Longchang 隆昌, Bibo 碧波, etc.