West Hmongic languages
West Hmongic | |
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Chuanqiandian Miao | |
Geographic distribution | China |
Linguistic classification | Hmong–Mien
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Subdivisions | |
ISO 639-2 / 5 | hmn |
ISO 639-3 | hmn |
Glottolog | west2803 |
The West Hmongic languages, also known as Chuanqiandian Miao (Chinese:
The name Chuanqiandian is used both for West Hmongic as a whole and for one of its branches, the Chuanqiandian cluster.
Names[edit]
Autonyms include:[1]
- Hmong /m̥oŋ43/ (Bijie and Wenshan Prefecture, Guizhou)
- Huishui Miao /m̥ʰoŋ24/ (Huishui County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou)
- Mashan Miao /məŋ22/ (Ziyun County, Anshun, Guizhou)
- Luobo River Miao /a55 m̥jo31/ (Fuquan, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou)
- A-Hmao /a55 m̥au55/ (Weining County, Bijie, Guizhou; Zhaotong and Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan)
Classification[edit]
West Hmongic is the most diverse branch of the Hmong (Miao) language family. There are nine primary branches in Chinese sources, though the unity of these are not accepted in all Western sources.
- Chuanqiandian cluster
- Hmong‡
- Gha-Mu (Small Flowery Miao)
- Xixiu Miao
- Chong'an River Miao
- Bu–Nao‡
- A-Hmao (Big Flowery Miao, Northeast Yunnan Miao)
- A-Hmyo (Luobohe Miao)
- Guiyang Miao‡
- Huishui Miao‡
- Mashan Miao (Mang, Hmang)‡
- Pingtang Miao‡
Items marked ‡ have been split into individual languages (and not kept together) by either Matisoff or Strecker; all of these are branches of Miao listed with subbranches in Chinese sources. The other three (A-Hmao, A-Hmyo, Gejia) are not so divided in either Chinese or Western sources. The three divisions of the Chuanqiandian cluster are only as divergent as the divisions of the other branches marked ‡, but are listed separately due to the internal complexity of Hmong.
The various varieties of Pingtang, new branches of Guiyang and Mashan, and Matisoff's Raojia and Pa Na are not listed in Ethnologue 16 and have no ISO codes. Matisoff (2006) gives very different names, and it's not clear how these correspond to the branches listed here.
Wang (1983)[edit]
Wang Fushi,[2] summarized in English by David Strecker,[3] emphasized the diversity of Western Hmongic. The names below are from Strecker; Wang did not assign names, but identified the districts where the varieties were spoken.
- Chuanqiandian (Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan)
- Chuanqiandian subgroup
- Hmong (Chuanqiandian cluster: White Hmong, Green Mong, etc.)
- Small Flowery Miao
- Xixiu Miao
- Northeastern Yunnan (A-Hmau, Large Flowery Miao)
- Guiyang (Hmong)
- Huishui (Mhong)
- Mashan (Mang)
- Luobo River (A-Hmyo)
- Eastern or Zhong'an River (Mhong, Gedou)
- ? Pingtang
- ? Qianxi–Pingba–Qingzhen–Liuzhi (= Li Yunbing's Qianxi)
- ? Luodian Muyin (Moyin)
- ? Dushan
- ? Luodian Pingyan
- ? Ziyun–Zhenning (= Li Yunbing's Ziyun)
- ? Wangmo
- ? Wangmo–Luodian (Mhang)
- Pu–Nao (= Bu–Nao)
These are not all established as unitary branches, however. In a follow-up, Strecker broke up Bu–Nao on the basis of newly accessible data, and noted that several of the languages listed by Wang (marked "?" above) were unclassified due to lack of data and had not been demonstrated to be West Hmongic.[4] The other groups are then listed as unclassified within Hmongic, and not specifically West Hmongic. However, Wang (1994) identified two as varieties of Guiyang. The eight unclassified languages are all spoken in a small area of south-central Guizhou, along with Guiyang, Huishui, Mashan, and Luobo River Miao. These were later addressed by Li Yunbing (2000).
Wang (1985)[edit]
Wang Fushi later grouped the Western Miao languages into eight primary divisions.[1] Datapoint locations of representative dialects are from Li Yunbing (2000:237), all of which are located in Guizhou province, China.
- Chuanqiandian Miao
- Lect 1 (1,100,000 speakers; representative dialect: Dananshan
大 南山 寨, Xiaoshao township小 哨苗族 乡, Bijie city)
The Tuhe土 河 dialect is spoken in Xishui County, Guizhou.[5] - Lect 2 (70,000+ speakers; representative dialect: Xingfa township 兴发乡, Hezhang County)
- Lect 3 (representative dialect: Zhuchang township
猪 场乡, Zhijin County)
- Lect 1 (1,100,000 speakers; representative dialect: Dananshan
- Northeast Yunnan Miao (250,000 speakers; representative dialect: Shimenkan
石 门坎寨, Zhongshui district中 水 区 , Weining County) - Guiyang Miao
- Northern (80,000 speakers; representative dialect: Baituo 摆托寨, Qingyan township
青岩 乡, Huaxi District花 溪 区 , Guiyang city) - Southwestern (65,000 speakers; representative dialect: Kaisa village 凯洒
村 , Machang township 马场乡, Pingba County) - Southern (25,000 speakers; representative dialect: Wangjiashan
汪 家山 , Huayan township 华严乡, Anshun city) - Northwestern (7,000 speakers; representative dialect: Tieshi township 铁石
苗 族 彝 族 乡, Qianxi County) - Central (5,000 speakers; representative dialect: South-central Guiyang Miao, Hongyanzhai 红岩寨, Baiyun township
白 云 乡, Ziyun County)
- Northern (80,000 speakers; representative dialect: Baituo 摆托寨, Qingyan township
- Huishui Miao
- Northern (64,000 speakers; representative dialect: Jiading
甲 定 寨, Gaopo township高 坡苗族 乡, Guiyang city) - Western (52,000 speakers; representative dialect: Yarong Township 鸭绒乡, Huishui County)
- Central (41,000 speakers; representative dialect: Baijin township 摆金乡, Huishui County)
- Eastern (13,000 speakers; representative dialect: Xiguan township
西 关乡, Pingtang County)
- Northern (64,000 speakers; representative dialect: Jiading
- Mashan Miao
- Central (60,000 speakers; representative dialect: Jiaotuo 绞坨寨, Zongdi township
宗 地 乡, Ziyun County) - Northern (30,000 speakers; representative dialect: Baisuo township 摆梭乡, Changshun County)
- Western (12,000 speakers; representative dialect: Sidazhai
四 大 寨, Houchang Township 猴场乡, Ziyun County) - Southern (9,000 speakers; representative dialect: Youquan village
油 全 村 , Lekuan township 乐宽乡, Wangmo County) - Southwestern (5,000 speakers; representative dialect: Babangzhai 岜棒寨, Dalang township
打 狼 乡, Ziyun County) - Southeastern (6,000 speakers; representative dialect: Babazhai
把 坝寨, Moyin模 引乡, Wangmo County)
- Central (60,000 speakers; representative dialect: Jiaotuo 绞坨寨, Zongdi township
- Luobohe Miao (43,000 speakers; representative dialect: Yejipo
野 鸡坡寨, Ganba township甘 坝乡, Fuquan County) - Chong'anjiang Miao (44,000 speakers; representative dialect: Fengxiang 枫香寨, Chong'an township
重安 乡, Huangping County) - Pingtang Miao
- Northern (15,000 speakers; representative dialect: Shanglin village
上林 村 , Yuanjiatong township原 甲 桐 乡, Pingtang County) - Eastern (5,000 speakers; representative dialect: Caozhai
草 寨, Xinmin township新 民 乡, Dushan County) - Southern (7,000 speakers; representative dialect: Pingyan
平岩 乡, Luodian County) - Western (3,500 speakers; representative dialect: Youmai village
油 迈村, Youmai township油 迈乡, Wangmo County)
- Northern (15,000 speakers; representative dialect: Shanglin village
The above classification was later revised by Li Jinping & Li Tianyi (2012:285) to include 7 dialects instead of the 8 given by Wang; Pingtang Miao is excluded.
- Western Miao (representative dialect: Dananshan, Yanzikou, Bijie 贵州毕节
燕 子 口 镇大南山 )- Chuanqiandian Miao (representative dialect: Damiaozhai, Jichang, Bijie 贵州毕节
吉 场大苗 寨)- Lect 1
- Lect 2
- Guiyang Miao (representative dialect: Guankou, Machang, Pingba 贵州
平 坝马场关口 )- Northern
- Western
- Southern
- Huishui Miao (representative dialect: Jiading, Gaopo, Huaxi, Guiyang 贵州贵阳
花 溪 高 坡甲定 )- Northern
- Western
- Central
- Eastern
- Mashan Miao (representative dialect: Dalong, Dayun, Ziyun 贵州
紫 云 大 云 大 龙)- Central
- Northern
- Western
- Southern
- Northeast Yunnan Miao (representative dialect: Shimenkan, Weining 贵州
威 宁石门砍) - Luobohe Miao (representative dialect: Yejipo, Xinqiao, Fuquan 贵州
福泉 新 桥野鸡坡) - Chong'anjiang Miao (representative dialect: Fengxiang, Chongxing, Huangping 贵州
黄 平 重 兴枫香 )
- Chuanqiandian Miao (representative dialect: Damiaozhai, Jichang, Bijie 贵州毕节
Li (2000)[edit]
Li Yunbing classified those varieties left unclassified by Wang, grouping four of them together as an eighth branch of West Hmongic, Pingtang. He identified Luodian Muyin and Wangmo (using Strecker's names) as varieties of Mashan.[6] Wang (1994) had already established Qianxi and Ziyun as varieties of Guiyang. This classification is repeated in Wu and Yang (2010):[7]
- Chuanqiandian cluster (
川 黔滇 Chuānqiándiān) - A-Hmao (滇东
北 Diāndōngběi) - Guiyang Miao (贵阳 Guìyáng)
- Huishui Miao (
惠 水 Huìshuǐ) - Mashan Miao (
麻山 Máshān) - A-Hmyo (罗泊
河 Luóbóhé) - Gejia (
重 安江 Chóng'ānjiāng) - Pingtang Miao (
平 塘 Píngtáng)
The varieties analyzed by Li Yunbing (2000) are:
- Guiyang Miao
- /m̥uŋ44/ (also called Jiucai Miao
韭 菜 苗 ) in Hongyan, Baiyun township, Ziyun County紫 云 县白云 乡红岩 寨; 4,000 speaker - /tə33 m̥ju44/ in Tieshi township, Qianxi County 黔西县铁
石 苗 族 彝 族 乡
- /m̥uŋ44/ (also called Jiucai Miao
- Pingtang Miao
- /kei55 m̥ho24/ in Jiatong township, Pingtang County
平 塘县甲 桐 乡 (currently Kaluo 卡罗乡); 11,000 speakers - /to22 m̥o35/ in Xinmin township, Dushan County
独 山 县新民 乡; 4,000+ speakers - /tõ24 m̥ɒ24/ (also called Red Miao 红苗) in Pingyan, Luodian County 罗甸县平
岩 乡; 6,000 speakers - /m̥aŋ55/ in Youmai, Wangmo County
望 谟县油 迈乡; 3,000 speakers
- /kei55 m̥ho24/ in Jiatong township, Pingtang County
- Mashan Miao
- /toŋ35 m̥aŋ35/ (also called Cotton Miao
棉花 苗 ; Bouyei: /ʑəu21 vɦi21/) in Dalang, Ziyun County紫 云 县打狼 乡; 4,000 speakers - /toŋ33 m̥aŋ33/ in Moyin, Luodian County 罗甸县模引乡; 4,000+ speakers
- /toŋ35 m̥aŋ35/ (also called Cotton Miao
Li (2000) considers Raojia (/qɑ24 ʑuɤ24/) of Heba
Bu–Nao was not included because the speakers are classified by the Chinese government as ethnically Yao rather than Miao.[8]
Matisoff (2001)[edit]
James Matisoff outlined the following in 2001.[9] Not all languages are necessarily listed.
- Western Hmong
- Libo Miao (= ?, maybe Bu–Nao)
- Weining Miao (= A-Hmao / Large Flowery Miao?)
- Guangshun Miao (Yi Miao) (= ?)
- Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan (= Chuanqiandian cluster)
- Petchabun (White Hmong)
- Green Hmong (Blue Hmong)
- Suyong Miao (Magpie Miao)
- Chuan Miao (Western Sichuan Miao)
- Huajie Miao (= ?)
Mortensen (2004)[edit]
David Mortensen argues for the following classification of Western Hmongic based on shared tonal innovations, including tone sandhi.[10] Pingtang, Luobohe, and Chong'anjiang are not addressed.
- Western Hmongic
- Guiyang-Huishui
- Guiyang
- Baituo 摆托 (in Qingyan
青岩 镇, Huaxi District) - Tieshi 铁石
- Zhongba
中 坝
- Baituo 摆托 (in Qingyan
- Huishui
- Jiading
甲 定
- Jiading
- Guiyang
- Core Western Hmongic
- Mashan
- Jiaotuo 绞坨 (in Zongdi
宗 地 乡, Ziyun County), Shuijingping水井 坪 - Xinzhai
新 寨
- Jiaotuo 绞坨 (in Zongdi
- Far Western Hmongic
- Mashan
- Guiyang-Huishui
Ratliff (2010)[edit]
Martha Ratliff includes three languages specifically:[11]
The last contradicts Matisoff (2001), who had posited a Bunu branch of Hmongic with Bu–Nao in it, but recapitulates Strecker (1987). The other Western varieties are not addressed, though some are included in her reconstruction of Proto-Hmong–Mien.
Castro & Gu (2010): Wenshan[edit]
Andy Castro and Gu Chawen divide the Hmong dialects of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, into four subdivisions, listed from east to west.[12]
- Hmongb Shuat (
偏 苗 , 'Lopsided Miao'; most divergent) - Hmongb Dleub (
白 苗 , Bái Miáo, 'White Miao') - Shib-Nzhuab (
青苗 , 'Green Miao')- Hmongb Shib
- Mongb Nzhuab
- Soud-Bes-Buak (
花 苗 , 'Flowery Miao')- Hmongb Soud
- Hmongb Bes
- Hmong Buak
The dialects given above are named after the groups they are spoken by.
Castro, Flaming & Luo (2012): Honghe[edit]
Castro, Flaming & Luo (2012) found that there are 4 different West Hmongic languages in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan.[13]
- Northern Hua Miao
- Southern Hua Miao
- White Miao
- Sinicised Miao
Castro, Flaming & Luo (2012) propose the following classification for the Western Miao dialects of southeastern Yunnan,[13] which is based on Michael Johnson's 1998 classification of Western Miao dialects.[14]
Writing[edit]
The Miao languages were traditionally written with various adaptations of Chinese characters. Around 1905, Sam Pollard introduced a Romanized script for the A-Hmao language, and this came to be used for Hmong Daw (Chuanqiandian) as well.[17] In the United States, the Romanized Popular Alphabet is often used for White and Green Hmong (also Chuanqiandian).
In China, pinyin-based Latin alphabets have been devised for Chuanqiandian—specifically the variety of Dananshan (
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wang Fushi
王 辅世. 1985. Miaoyu jianzhi苗 语简志 . Beijing: Minzu chubanshe民族 出版 社 . - ^ Wang Fushi (1983). "Miáoyǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí (On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language)". Mínzú Yǔwén 5:1–22.
- ^ Strecker, David. 1987. "The Hmong-Mien Languages." In Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 10 , no. 2: 1–11.
- ^ "Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Gu, Hongmei
古 红梅. 2018. Xishuixian Tuhe Miaoyu yuyin yanjiu 习水县土河 苗 语语音 研究 . M.A. dissertation. Guiyang: Guizhou Minzu University 贵州民族 大学 . - ^ Li Yunbing [
李 云 兵 ]. 2000. Miaoyu fangyan huafen yiliu wenti yanjiu [苗 语方言 划分遗留问题研究 ]. Beijing: Minzu University Press [中央 民族 大学 出版 社 ]. - ^ Wú Zhèngbiāo and Yáng Guāngyīng, 2010.
兼 谈苗族 英雄 史 诗《亚鲁王 》的 记译整理 问题,民族 翻 译. - ^ Wang Fushi, cited in Strecker (1987b)
- ^ Matisoff, 2001. "Genetic versus Contact Relationship". In Aikhenvald & Dixon, Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance
- ^ Mortensen, David (2004). "The Development of Tone Sandhi in Western Hmongic: A New Hypothesis" (PDF). UC Berkeley.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha. 2010. Hmong–Mien language history. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics.
- ^ Castro, Andy & Gu Chawen. 2010. "Phonological innovation among Hmong dialects of Wenshan." Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 3.1:1-39.
- ^ a b Andy Castro, Royce Flaming, Luo Youliang. 2012. A Phonological and Lexical Comparison of Western Miao Dialects in Honghe. SIL International.
- ^ Johnson, Michael. 1998. Farwestern Hmongic. ms.
- ^ Strongly resembles Hmong Shuat of Guangnan and Funing counties
- ^ Phonemically identical to Hmong Nzhuab (Green Mong) of Thailand, and Hmong Shib of Wenshan and Xichou counties
- ^ Tanya Storch Religions and missionaries around the Pacific, 1500-1900 2006 p293 "he invented the first script for any Miao language"
- ^
苗 文 创制与 苗 语方言 划分的 历史回 顾
- Li Jinping, Li Tianyi [
李 锦平,李 天 翼 ]. 2012. A comparative study of Miao dialects [苗 语方言 比 较研究 ]. Chengdu: Southwest Jiaotong University Press.