Social:Pingtang Miao

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Short description: Hmong language of Guizhou, China
Pingtang Miao
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
Native speakers
(24,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
ping Pingtang
 dush Dushan
 lupi Luodian–Pingyan
 wanl Wangmo–Luodian
GlottologNone

Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao language varieties of China.

Classification

The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian Miao (Western Hmongic) in Wang (1983).[2] Li (2000) classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic,[3] a position maintained in Wu and Yang (2010).[4]

Varieties

There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li (2000):

  • North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
  • East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000
  • South (Strecker's Luodian–Pingyan Miao), 6,000
  • West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao a.k.a. Mhang), 3,000

These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.

References

  1. Wang, Fushi 王辅世; Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武 (1995) (in zh). Miáo Yáoyǔ gǔyīn gòunǐ. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe. 
  2. Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" (in zh). Mínzú yǔwén 1983 (5): 1–22. 
  3. Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2000) (in zh). Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū. Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe. 
  4. Wu, Zhengbiao 吴正彪; Yang, Guangying 杨光应 (2010). "Máshān cì fāngyán qū Miáo wén fāng'àn de shèjì yǔ shǐyòng - jiān tán Miáozú yīngxióng shǐshī “Yàlǔ wáng” de jì yì zhěnglǐ wèntí" (in zh). Mínzú fānyì 2010 (3): 58–65. http://218.249.224.102/upfile/20115613035615353.pdf. Retrieved 2021-08-17.