Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
cqd
Alternate Names
Chuanchientien Miao, Chuanqiandian Miao, Core Farwestern Hmongic, Hua Miao, Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan Miao, Western Miao
User Population

1,400,000 (Wang and Mao 1995).

Location

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: west; Guizhou province; Sichuan province: south; Yunnan province: southeast and northeast.

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Language Status

5 (Developing). Language of recognized nationality: Miao.

Classification
Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian
Dialects

Hmong Len (Hmong Shi, Light Hmong, Mong Leng, Mong Lenh, Mong Shi, Mong Si), Hmong Dle Ncha (Clear Water Hmong, Qingshui Miao), Hmong La (Mong La Hou, Paddyfield Miao, Red Mong, Red-headed Hmong), Hmong Dlo (Black Hmong, Black Mong, Hei Miao, Hmong Bua), Hmong Sou (Hmong Ndrou), Hmong Be (Mountain Hmong), Chuan Miao (River Miao, Sichuan Miao), Hmong Drout Raol (Liuzhai Miao, Luzhai Miao, Magpie Miao, Six Village Miao, Yaque Miao), Hmong Sa (Bai Miao, Dianxi Miao, Hmong Leng, Western Yunnan Miao), Hmong Si (Bai Miao, Hmong Leng, White Miao), Hmong Dou (Dananshan Miao, Downhill Hmong, Hongxian Miao, Red Thread Miao). A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn].

Typology

SVO; 7–9 tones.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, community, market. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn], especially the younger generation and urban residents. Used as L2 by Bugan [bbh].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10% or less. Literacy rate in L2: 42% in Mandarin Chinese [cmn]. Literature. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster
Writing

Latin script [Latn], pinyin-based, used between 1958–1960 and from 1981, experimental usage.

Other Comments

Consider themselves Miao nationality.