Miao languages
E184499
The Miao languages are a group of Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) languages spoken primarily by the Miao people across southern China and parts of Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Miao languages canonical | 9 |
| Hmong-Mien language family | 1 |
| Miao-Yao languages | 1 |
| Miao–Yao language family | 1 |
| Northeast Yunnan Miao | 1 |
| Western Hmongic | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hmong-Mien language
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hmongic languages
ⓘ
Miao-Yao languages (in older classifications) ⓘ |
| arealRelation | Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ |
| ethnicAssociation |
Miao people
ⓘ
surface form:
Miao ethnic group
|
| geneticRelation | Hmongic branch of Hmong-Mien ⓘ |
| glottologCode | miao1257 ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
Central Hmongic
ⓘ
Eastern Hmongic ⓘ Southern Hmongic ⓘ Miao languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Hmongic
|
| hasFeature |
complex tone systems
ⓘ
limited inflectional morphology ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
A-Hmao
ⓘ
Chuanqiandian Miao ⓘ Chuanqiandian Miao ⓘ
surface form:
Guiyang Miao
Hmong Daw ⓘ Hmong ⓘ
surface form:
Hmong Njua
Hmu ⓘ Chuanqiandian Miao ⓘ
surface form:
Huishui Miao
Large Flowery Miao ⓘ Chuanqiandian Miao ⓘ
surface form:
Luobohe Miao
Chuanqiandian Miao ⓘ
surface form:
Mashan Miao
Mo Piu ⓘ Miao languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northeast Yunnan Miao
Chuanqiandian Miao ⓘ
surface form:
Pingtang Miao
Qo Xiong ⓘ Small Flowery Miao ⓘ Miao people ⓘ
surface form:
Xiangxi Miao
Dong ⓘ
surface form:
Xong
|
| languageFamilyOf |
A-Hmao
ⓘ
Hmong Daw ⓘ Hmong ⓘ
surface form:
Hmong Njua
Hmu ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Miao people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guangxi
Guizhou Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guizhou
Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Hunan
Laos ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Sichuan
Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Yunnan
|
| subclassOf |
Hmong-Mien
ⓘ
surface form:
Hmong-Mien languages
Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group ⓘ |
| typology |
analytic language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Chinese characters (limited use)
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
Pahawh Hmong ⓘ Pollard script ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Miao-Yao languages
this entity surface form:
Western Hmongic
this entity surface form:
Northeast Yunnan Miao
this entity surface form:
Miao–Yao language family