Classification of Miao dialects

The following are the three main branches of Miao language: also known as "Eastern Dialect", with 6,543,800 people:

1) mmr (the standard language of Xiangxi dialect is based on the Miao language of Layiping Village, Jiwei Town, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Prefecture), with 900,000 people; The first dialect, with a population of 770,000, is distributed in Fenghuang County (except Miliang Township), most of Huayuan County, southern Jishou City and xinhuang dong autonomous county and Mayang Miao Autonomous County of Huaihua City. Parts of Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Rongjiang County and Ziyun Miao Buyi Autonomous County in Guizhou Province; Parts of Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Sichuan Province; Some areas of Nandan County and Du 'an Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The second dialect, with a population of 6.5438+0.2 million, is distributed in eastern Huayuan County, western and northern Jishou City, eastern Baojing County, southwestern Guzhang County and Miliang Township, Fenghuang County, Hunan Province. Some areas in Xuanen County, Hubei Province. The third dialect, with 30,000 people, is distributed in the southeast of Baojing County, Xiangxi Prefecture. 2) Muke, an eastern sub-dialect, has more than 50,000 people. The fourth dialect, with 6000 people, is distributed in Zhangxiao Township, luxi county, Xiangxi. The fifth dialect, with a population of 50,000, is distributed in the northwest of luxi county, the east of Jishou City and the southeast of Guzhang County. The sixth dialect, with 300 people, is distributed in the south of Longshan County in Xiangxi and Shouche Township in Yongshun County. Also known as "Western Dialect", there are more than 3 million people:

1) Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan sub-dialect (the standard pronunciation of western dialect is based on Miao language in Dananshan, Yanzikou Town, Bijie City), the first dialect (lol Hmongb)cqd, and the national population is 1.4 million. Wang and Mao (1995) believe that Miao people in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and other countries basically speak the first dialect of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan sub-dialects. There are more than 6,543,800 overseas Miao people; The second mother tongue, also known as sfm, has 84,000 people; Third mother tongue, 3000 people. 10639-3 code also has white seedling mww, green seedling hnj, horn seedling hrm, Chinese seedling hmz, Vietnamese seedling hmv hmf；, 2) adHmaoblul, also known as hmd, with a population of 300,000;

3) Guiyang sub-dialect, with a population of 1.9 million, is divided into five dialect areas: northern huj, southwestern hmg, southern hmy, northwest and central south;

4) Huishui sub-dialect, with a population of 6.5438+0.8 million, is divided into four dialect areas: northern hmi, southwestern hmh, central hmc and eastern hme;

5) Mashan sub-dialect, with a population of 1.4 million, is divided into six dialect areas: central hmm, northern hmp, western hmw, southern hma, southeast and southwest;

6) hml, a sub-dialect of Luobo River, with a population of 60,000.

7) hmj, a sub-dialect of Chong 'anjiang, also known as Gejia dialect, has a population of 60,000.

8) Pingtang sub-dialect, with a population of 24,000, is divided into four dialect areas: east, north, south and west.

Miao languages in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and the United States basically belong to Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan sub-dialects.