Gha-Mu | |
Nativename: | Small Flowery Miao |
States: | China |
Region: | Guizhou |
Ethnicity: | Gha-Mu |
Speakers: | 84,000 |
Date: | 1995 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Hmong-Mien |
Fam2: | Hmongic |
Fam3: | West Hmongic |
Fam4: | Chuanqiandian cluster |
Iso3: | sfm |
Glotto: | smal1236 |
Glottorefname: | Gha-mu |
Gha-Mu, often translated as Small Flowery Miao, is a Miao language of China spoken by the Gha-Mu people. It is closely related to the Hmong dialects of China and Laos; both Gha-Mu and Hmong are members of the Chuanqiandian cluster of West Hmongic languages.[1] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.[2]