Hmu language
E705438
The Hmu language is a Hmong-Mien language spoken primarily by the Miao people in parts of southern China.
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.