Gha-Mu language explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Wang . Fushi 王辅世 . 1983 . Miáo yǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí . zh:苗语方言划分问题 . On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language . Mínzú Yǔwén . zh . 1983 . 5 . 1–22 . zh:民族语文.
  2. Web site: Gha-Mu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826020832/http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/G/Gha-Mu.pdf . 2016-08-26 . 2021-08-17 . en . Asia Harvest.