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Chart of Miao Groups: This chart depicts graphically the
major dialects and subdialects of the Miao. The languages of each major group -- Qiandong Miao (Eastern Miao), Xiangxi Miao (Northern Miao), Western
Hmongic, and Farwestern Hmongic -- are unintelligible with each other. Also,
understanding between the the various subdialects in the groups is often low or
unintelligible. This is especially true among the Western and Farwestern groups which have
the greatest diversity.
Miao Language Groups and Population |
| Farwestern
Hmongic (Hmong groups) China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma |
| A-Hmao (Big Flowery Miao) –
250,000 |
| Gha-Mu (Small Flowery Miao) —
84,000 |
| White Hmong – 600,000
(worldwide) |
| Horned Miao – 50,000 |
| Hua Miao (2 dialects) — 1.1
million |
| Sinicised Miao – 200,000 |
| Western Hmongic -- Guizhou Province, China |
Chonganjiang (Gejia) –
60,000 |
Guiyang — 190,000 |
Huishui — 5 dialects,
180,000 |
Luobohe – 61,000 |
| Mashan — 4 dialects, 125,000 |
| Qiandong
Miao (Hmu, Eastern Miao) -- Guizhou Province, China |
Eastern – 350,000 |
Northern – 1,250,000 |
Southern – 500,000 |
| Xiangxi (Ghao-Xiong, Northern Miao) --
Guizhou & Hunan Province |
| Eastern – 80,000 |
Western – 820,000 |
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