Hmu language

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The Hmu language is a Hmong-Mien language spoken primarily by the Miao people in parts of southern China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hmong-Mien language
Sino-Tibetan region minority language
language
belongsTo East Hmongic branch NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Qo Xiong language
Xong language NERFINISHED
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
endangeredStatus vulnerable (regional variation)
ethnolinguisticGroup Qiandong Miao NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName East Hmongic language (classification term)
Qiandong Miao NERFINISHED
Qiandong Miao language NERFINISHED
hasAutonym Hmu
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasDialect Eastern Hmu NERFINISHED
Northern Hmu NERFINISHED
Southern Hmu NERFINISHED
Western Hmu NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode qiho1235 (Hmu)
hasLinguisticResearch dialectology studies
orthography development studies
phonology studies
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
nasal vowels
rich consonant inventory
tonal language
hasStandardizationEffort regional orthography development
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters (historically, limited use)
Latin-based alphabet
isMinorityLanguageOf China NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 hmu
languageFamily Hmong-Mien NERFINISHED
region southern China
spokenBy Miao people NERFINISHED
spokenIn China NERFINISHED
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
Guizhou Province NERFINISHED
Hunan Province NERFINISHED
subfamily Hmongic NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Southwestern Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Standard Chinese NERFINISHED
usedByEthnicGroup Miao ethnic group
usedIn folk songs
local education (in some areas)
local media (in some areas)
traditional Miao oral literature
writingDirection left-to-right

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Miao people hasLanguage Hmu language