Hmu language
| Hmu | |
|---|---|
| Qiandong Miao, Black Miao | |
| hveb Hmub | |
| Pronunciation | [m̥ʰū] |
| Native to | China |
| Region | mostly Guizhou |
| Ethnicity | mostly Miao, some Yao |
Native speakers | (2.1 million cited 1995) |
Hmong–Mien
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Standard forms |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:hea – Northernhmq – Easternhms – Southernneo – Ná-Meo |
| Glottolog | east2369 |
The Hmu language (hveb Hmub), also known as Qiandong Miao (黔东, Eastern Guizhou Miao), Central Miao (中部苗语), East Hmongic (Ratliff 2010), or (somewhat ambiguously) Black Miao, is a dialect cluster of Hmongic languages of China. The best studied dialect is that of Yǎnghāo (养蒿) village, Taijiang County, Guizhou Province.
Qanu (咯努), a Hmu variety, had 11,450 speakers as of 2000, and is spoken just south of Kaili City, Guizhou. The Qanu are ethnoculturally distinct from the other Hmu.