Guiyang Miao language
Guiyang Miao, also known as Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Guiyang County, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is Hmong, a name it shares with the Hmong language.Classification
Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang. Matisoff separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties.
- Northern
- Southern
- Southwestern
- Northwestern
- South-Central
Mo Piu, spoken in northern Vietnam, may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao.
Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include:
