Gha-Mu language

Gha-Mu
Small Flowery Miao
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
EthnicityGha-Mu
Native speakers
(84,000 cited 1995)
Hmong–Mien
Language codes
ISO 639-3sfm
Glottologsmal1236

Gha-Mu, often translated as 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; both Gha-Mu and Hmong are members of the Chuanqiandian cluster of West Hmongic languages. It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.