Numao language

Hmongic language of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Numao is a Hmongic language of China.

NativetoChina
RegionLibo County, Guizhou
EthnicityYao
Native speakers
(1,715 cited 2001)[1]
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Numao
Native toChina
RegionLibo County, Guizhou
EthnicityYao
Native speakers
(1,715 cited 2001)[1]
Dialects
  • Numao
  • Dongmeng
  • Doumu
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottolognuma1251
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Varieties

Meng (2001) lists the following language varieties for Numao.[1]

  • Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, autonym: nu22 m̥ou11) - 1,715 speakers in Libo County, Guizhou; representative dialect: Yaolu Township, Libo County 荔波瑶麓瑶族乡
    • Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶, autonym: nu22 m̥ou11) - about 1,200 speakers in the townships of Yaolu 瑶麓 and Jiarong 佳荣
    • Dongmeng 冬孟 (Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶, autonym: toŋ11 nu22, toŋ11 m̥uŋ11) - about 400 speakers in the townships of Maolan 茂兰, Dongtang 洞塘, and Weng'ang 翁昂

Zhou (2013:29) lists the following three varieties of Numao and also provides 400-word vocabulary lists for them.[2]

  • White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶 (autonym: təu51 m̥o33) in Yaoshan Township 瑶山乡
  • Green Yao 青瑶 (autonym: mu51 m̥ɑu33) in Yaolu Township 瑶麓乡
  • Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶 (autonym: tən33 m̥o55) in Yaozhai 瑶寨, Dongtang Township 洞塘乡

The Guizhou Province Gazetteer (2002) lists the following autonyms for these villages in Libo County, Guizhou.[3]

  • nu55 m̥au33: Yaolu 瑶麓
  • təu55 m̥u55: Yaoshan 瑶山
  • tuŋ33 m̥uŋ33: Yao'ai 瑶埃

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