Gha-Mu language
Miao language of Guizhou, China
| Gha-Mu | |
|---|---|
| Small Flowery Miao | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guizhou |
| Ethnicity | Gha-Mu |
Native speakers | (84,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Language family | Hmong–Mien
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sfm |
| Glottolog | smal1236 |
Gha-Mu, often translated as Small Flowery Miao (Chinese: 小花苗; pinyin: Xiǎo Huā Miáo), 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.[2] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.[3]
References
- ^ Gha-Mu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáo yǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" 苗语方言划分问题 [On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language]. Mínzú Yǔwén 民族语文 (in Chinese). 1983 (5): 1–22.
- ^ "Gha-Mu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-17 – via Asia Harvest.
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