Explore: Green Miao Dialect

(Hmoob Dawb) are part of a dialect cluster known in China as Chuanqiandian Miao (Chinese: 川黔滇苗; lit. 'Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan Miao'), called the "Chuanqiandian

ethnic minority groups with more than 56 official ethnicities and dialects. The Miao live primarily in the mountains of southern China encompassing the

that it was once a derogatory term, the word Miao (Chinese: 苗; the tone varies according to the Sinitic dialect) is now commonly used by members of all nationalities

Flowery Miao) Xixiu Miao Chong'an River Miao Gejia Dongjia Bu–Nao‡ A-Hmao (Big Flowery Miao, Northeast Yunnan Miao) A-Hmyo (Luobohe Miao) Guiyang Miao‡ Huishui

a divergent Hmongic language, and was later determined to be a dialect of Guiyang Miao. Similarly, Ná-Meo is not addressed in the classifications below

the "Big Flowery Miao" (Da Hua Miao) and the "Little Flowery Miao" (Xiao Hua Miao). Another source states that the Green and White Miao were the Hmong,

The Shuangfeng dialect is representative. Laba Miao (喇叭苗话) is an Old Xiang dialect spoken by the Laba Miao people of western Guizhou. In Guizhou, it is

County Miao–Yao peoples Miao people (listed from east to west) Lopsided Miao (偏苗 Shuat) White Miao (白苗 Dleub) Green Miao (青苗 Shib, Nzhuab) Flowery Miao (花苗

and the Lower Yangtze, are not mutually intelligible with the Beijing dialect (or are only partially intelligible). Nevertheless, Mandarin as a group

Miao groups such as: Miao Bashi, Miao Chansu, Miao Chuan, Miao Enshi, Miao Guiyang Northern, Miao Guiyang Southern, Miao Guiyang Northwestern, Miao Guiyang