Miao, Large Flowery

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
hmd
Alternate Names
A-Hmaos, Ad Hmaob lul, Big Flowery Miao, Da Hua Bei Miao, Da Hua Miao, Diandongbei Miao, Flowery Miao, Great Flowery Tribe, Hua Miao, Hwa Miao, Northeastern Dian Miao, Northeastern Yunnan Miao, Ta Hwa Miao
Autonym
A-Hmao
User Population

300,000 (Wang and Mao 1995).

Location

Guizhou province: Hezhang, Pu’an, Shuicheng, Weining, Zhenning, and Ziyun counties, Liupanshui municipality; Sichuan province: Panzhihua municipality; Yunnan province: Zhaotong area, Daguan, Fumin, Lufeng, Luquan, Qiaojia, Suijiang, Wuding, Xundian, Yongshan, and Yiliang counties, Anning, Chuxiong, Kunming, Qujing, and Xuanwei municipalities.

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Language Status

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

Classification
Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Chuanqiandian
Dialects

None known. Inherently unintelligible of other Miao varieties. A member of macrolanguage Hmong [hmn].

Typology

Tonal, 5–7 tones.

Language Use

Vigorous. Home, community, market.

Language Development

High level of literacy among the older generation in original Pollard script. Texts. Bible: 2009.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Miao, Large Flowery
Writing

Latin script [Latn], 1909–1917, 1951–1956, 1958–1966, and from 1982. Miao (Pollard) script [Plrd], used since 1905, primary usage. Pahawh Hmong script [Hmng].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.