Small Flowery Miao

Small Flowery Miao (Chinese: 小花苗; pinyin: xiǎo huā miáo) is a Miao language of China spoken by the Gha-Mu people. It is closely related to the Hmong dialects of China and Laos. Hmong and Small Flowery Miao are listed as the first and second local dialects of the Chuanqiandian cluster of West Hmongic languages.[2] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.[3]

Not to be confused with Small Flowery Miao people.
Small Flowery Miao
Gha-Mu
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
EthnicityGha-Mu
Native speakers
(84,000 cited 1995)[1]
Hmong–Mien
Language codes
ISO 639-3sfm
Glottologsmal1236

References
  1. Small Flowery Miao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáo yǔ 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.
  3. "Gha-Mu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-17 – via Asia Harvest.


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