Pingtang_Miao
Pingtang Miao language
Hmong language of Guizhou, China
Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 Píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao language varieties of China.
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]
According to Li, there are four varieties of Pingtang (2000):
- North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
- East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000 speakers
- South (Strecker's Luodian Pingyan Miao), 6,000 speakers
- West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao a.k.a. Mhang), 3,000 speakers
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.
Below is a list of Miao dialects and their respective speaker populations and distributions from Li (2018),[5] along with representative datapoints from Wang (1985).[6]
| Dialect | Speakers | Counties | Representative datapoint (Wang 1985) |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | 10,000+ | Pingtang | Shanglin village 上林村, Yuanjiatong Township 原甲桐乡, Pingtang County |
| East | 4,000 | Dushan | Caozhai 草寨, Xinmin Township 新民乡, Dushan County |
| South | 6,000 | Luodian, Pingtang, Nandan | Pingyan Township 平岩乡, Luodian County |
| West | 3,000 | Wangmo | Youmai Village 油迈村, Youmai Township 油迈乡, Wangmo County |
- Wang, Fushi 王辅世; Mao, Zongwu 毛宗武 (1995). Miáo Yáoyǔ gǔyīn gòunǐ 苗瑶语古音构拟 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.
- Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" 苗语方言划分问题 [On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language]. Mínzú yǔwén 民族语文 (in Chinese). 1983 (5): 1–22.
- Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2000). Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn yíliú wèntí yánjiū 苗语方言划分遗留问题研究 (in Chinese). Beijing Shi: Zhongyang minzu daxue chubanshe.
- Wu, Zhengbiao 吴正彪; Yang, Guangying 杨光应 (2010). "Máshān cì fāngyán qū Miáo wén fāng'àn de shèjì yǔ shǐyòng - jiān tán Miáozú yīngxióng shǐshī "Yàlǔ wáng" de jì yì zhěnglǐ wèntí" 麻山次方言区苗文方案的设计与使用—兼谈苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的记译整理问题 (PDF). Mínzú fānyì 民族翻译 (in Chinese). 2010 (3): 58–65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- Li, Yunbing 李云兵 (2018). Miao Yao yu bijiao yanjiu 苗瑶语比较研究 (A comparative study of Hmong-Mien languages). Beijing: The Commercial Press. ISBN 9787100165068. OCLC 1112270585.
- Wang Fushi 王辅世. 1985. Miaoyu jianzhi 苗语简志. Beijing: Minzu chubanshe 民族出版社.