Pingtang Miao

Pingtang Miao
Native to	China
Region	Guizhou
Native speakers	24,000 (1995)[1]
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic Pingtang Miao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist list	ping Pingtang
	dush Dushan
	lupi Luodian–Pingyan
	wanl Wangmo–Luodian
Glottolog	None

Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao languages of China.

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

There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li (2000):

• North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
• East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000
• South (Strecker's Luodian–Pingyan Miao), 6,000
• West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao AKA Mhang), 3,000

These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.

References

1. 王辅世、毛宗武，《苗瑶语古音构拟》，中国社会科学出版社，1995年。
2. Wang Fushi (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí (On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language)". Mínzú Yǔwén 5:1–22.
3. 李云兵，《苗语方言划分遗留问题研究》，中央民族大学出版社，2000年。
4. Wú Zhèngbiāo and Yáng Guāngyīng, 2010. 兼谈苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的记译整理问题, 民族翻译.