Pingtang Miao language
Hmong language of Guizhou, China
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Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 Píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao language varieties of China.
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Hmongic
- West Hmongic
- Pingtang Miao
- West Hmongic
Classification
The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian Miao (Western Hmongic) in Wang (1983).[2] Li (2000) classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic,[3] a position maintained in Wu and Yang (2010).[4]
Varieties
According to Li, there are four varieties of Pingtang (2000):
- North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
- East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000 speakers
- South (Strecker's Luodian Pingyan Miao), 6,000 speakers
- West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao a.k.a. Mhang), 3,000 speakers
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.
Demographics
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[5] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[6]
| Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | 10,000+ | Pingtang | Shanglin village 上林村, Yuanjiatong Township 原甲桐乡, Pingtang County |
| East | 4,000 | Dushan | Caozhai 草寨, Xinmin Township 新民乡, Dushan County |
| South | 6,000 | Luodian, Pingtang, Nandan | Pingyan Township 平岩乡, Luodian County |
| West | 3,000 | Wangmo | Youmai Village 油迈村, Youmai Township 油迈乡, Wangmo County |