Biao Mon

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Biao Mien, Biao-Mian, Biaoman, Byaumon, Changping, Min Yao, Sida Min Yao
User Population

20,000 (Wang and Mao 1995).

Location

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Gongcheng, Lipu, Mengshan, Pingle, and Zhaoping counties.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened). Language of recognized nationality: Yao.

Classification
Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Mian-Jin
Dialects

Biao Mon (Min Yao), Shi Mun (Sida Min Yao). May be intelligible with some dialects of Iu Mien [ium]. Quite different from and unintelligible with Biao Jiao Mien [bje] or its dialect Biaomin, also called Biao Mien.

Typology

SVO.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Biao Mon
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Daoist.