| Guiyang Miao | |
| Nativename: | Hmong |
| States: | China |
| Region: | Guizhou |
| Date: | 1995 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Hmong-Mien |
| Fam2: | Hmongic |
| Fam3: | West Hmongic |
| Dia1: | Mo Piu? |
| Lc1: | huj |
| Ld1: | Northern |
| Lc2: | hmy |
| Ld2: | Southern |
| Lc3: | hmg |
| Ld3: | Southwestern |
| Glotto: | guiy1235 |
| Glottorefname: | Guiyang |
Guiyang Miao, also known as Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Guiyang, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is Hmong, a name it shares with the Hmong language.
Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985).[1] Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties.[2]
Mo Piu, spoken in northern Vietnam, may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao.[3]
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:[4]
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[5] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[6]
| Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | 70,000 | Guiyang (in Huaxi, Xiaohe, Baiyun, Wudang districts), Qingzhen, Kaiyang, Xifeng, Xiuwen, Anshun, Pingba, Zhenning, Qianxi, Jinsha, Zhijin, Longli, Guiding | Baituo 摆托寨, Qingyan Township 青岩乡, Huaxi District 花溪区, Guiyang City | |
| South | 20,000+ | Anshun, Zhenning | Wangjiashan 汪家山, Huayan Township 华严乡, Anshun City | |
| Southwest | 60,000 | Guiyang (in Huaxi, Wudang, Baiyun districts), Qingzhen, Anshun, Pingba, Ziyun, Changshun | Kaisa Village 凯洒村, Machang Township 马场乡, Pingba County | |
| Northwest | 6,000 | Qingzhen, Qianxi, Longlin | Tieshi Township 铁石苗族彝族乡, Qianxi County | |
| South-Central | 6,000 | Ziyun, Zhenning | Hongyanzhai 红岩寨, Baiyun Township 白云乡, Ziyun County |
According to Sun (2017), the northern dialect of Guiyang Miao is spoken in the following locations by a total of approximately 60,000 speakers.[7]
Linka 林卡
Chongxin 重新, Shiping 石平
Musha 木沙, Bijia 笔架, Zongping 宗平, Dayuan 大员, Xinxi 新西, Anmin 安民, Taoyuan 桃园
Xinchang 新场