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Xixiu Miao
Xixiu Miao () is a small Miao language of China that is closely related to Hmong: Hmong, Small Flowery Miao, and Xixiu are listed as the three local dialects of the Chuanqiandian Cluster of the West Hmongic languages. There are only 300 speakers, in the Xixiu District of Anshun Prefecture, Guizhou Guizhou (; Postal romanization, formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in the Southwest China, southwest region of the China, People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the pr ... Province.Wang and Mao (1995). At the time, 城郊和安顺县旧州一带. References West Hmongic languages Languages of China {{HmongMien-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, Sichuan to the northwest, the municipality of Chongqing to the north, and Hunan to the east. The population of Guizhou stands at 38.5 million, ranking 18th among the provinces in China. The Dian Kingdom, which inhabited the present-day area of Guizhou, was annexed by the Han dynasty in 106 BC. Guizhou was formally made a province in 1413 during the Ming dynasty. After the overthrow of the Qing in 1911 and following the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party took refuge in Guizhou during the Long March between 1934 and 1935. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong promoted the relocation of heavy industry into inland provinces such as Guizhou, to better protect them from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Hmongic Languages
The West Hmongic languages, also known as Chuanqiandian Miao (川黔滇苗: Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan Miao) and Western Miao, is the major branch of the Hmongic languages of China and Southeast Asia. The name ''Chuanqiandian'' is used both for West Hmongic as a whole and for one of its branches, the ''Chuanqiandian cluster'' Hmong. Writing The Miao languages were traditionally written with various adaptations of Chinese characters. Around 1905, Samuel Pollard introduced a Romanized script, the Pollard script, for the A-Hmao language, and this came to be used for Hmong Daw (Chuanqiandian) as well. 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 (variety of Dananshan 大南山, Yanzikou 燕子口镇, Bijie) and A-Hmao. Wu and Yang (2010) report attempts at writing Mashan in 1985 and an improvement by them; they recommend that standards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xixiu
Xixiu District () is a district in the prefecture-level city of Anshun, Guizhou Province, China. The district spans an area of 1,705 square kilometres, and has a population of 765,399 people as of the 2010 Chinese Census. Geography The district is home to a number of rivers which belong to the larger Yangtze River watershed and the Pearl River watershed. Much of the district's landscape is characterized by karst topography. Climate Xixiu District has an average annual temperature of 14 °C, and an average annual precipitation of 1356 millimetres. Administrative divisions Xixiu District administers 8 subdistricts, 10 towns, 2 townships, and 5 ethnic townships. ;5 ethnic townships: * (新场布依族苗族乡) * (岩腊苗族布依族乡) * (鸡场布依族苗族乡) * (杨武布依族苗族乡) * (黄腊布依族苗族乡) Economy In 2018, the district's GDP totaled 32.59 billion Yuan and retail sales totaled 7.956 billion Yuan. Significant mineral deposit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao Languages
Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Pollard script * '' Miào'' (庙), a Chinese temple * Miáo (surname), a Chinese surname written 苗 * Miào (surname), a Chinese surname written 繆 * Miao, Chongming County (庙镇), town in Chongming District, Shanghai, China * Miao, Changlang, town in Arunachal Pradesh, India * Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao, in India * ''Miao'' (album), album by Candy Lo * " Mr. Miao", a short story by Pu Songling See also * Miao Rebellion (other) * Miao Miao * Meow (other) Meow is an imitative word for a sound made in cat communication. Meow or Miaow may also refer to: Film and television * Meow (2017 film), ''Meow'' (2017 film), a 2017 Hong Kong science fantasy comedy fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hmong Language
Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. There are some 2.7 million speakers of varieties that are largely mutually intelligible, including over 280,000 Hmong Americans as of 2013. Over half of all Hmong speakers speak the various dialects in China, where the Dananshan (大南山) dialect forms the basis of the standard language. However, Hmong Daw and Mong Leng are widely known only in Laos and the United States; Dananshan is more widely known in the native region of Hmong. Varieties Mong Leng (Moob Leeg) and Hmong Daw (Hmoob Dawb) are part of a dialect cluster known in China as ''Chuanqiandian Miao'', that is, "Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan Miao", called the "Chuanqiandian cluster" in English (or "Miao cluster" in other languages) as West Hmongic is also called ''Chua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Flowery Miao
Small Flowery Miao () is a Miao language of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ... spoken by the Gha-Mu people. It is closely related to the Hmong dialects of China and Laos. Hmong and Small Flowery Miao are listed as the first and second local dialects of the ''Chuanqiandian'' cluster of West Hmongic languages. It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China. References West Hmongic languages Languages of China {{HmongMien-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuanqiandian Cluster
Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. There are some 2.7 million speakers of varieties that are largely mutually intelligible, including over 280,000 Hmong Americans as of 2013. Over half of all Hmong speakers speak the various dialects in China, where the Dananshan (大南山) dialect forms the basis of the standard language. However, Hmong Daw and Mong Leng are widely known only in Laos and the United States; Dananshan is more widely known in the native region of Hmong. Varieties Mong Leng (Moob Leeg) and Hmong Daw (Hmoob Dawb) are part of a dialect cluster known in China as ''Chuanqiandian Miao'', that is, "Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan Miao", called the "Chuanqiandian cluster" in English (or "Miao cluster" in other languages) as West Hmongic is also called ''Chuanq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xixiu District
Xixiu District () is a district in the prefecture-level city of Anshun, Guizhou Province, China. The district spans an area of 1,705 square kilometres, and has a population of 765,399 people as of the 2010 Chinese Census. Geography The district is home to a number of rivers which belong to the larger Yangtze River watershed and the Pearl River watershed. Much of the district's landscape is characterized by karst topography. Climate Xixiu District has an average annual temperature of 14 °C, and an average annual precipitation of 1356 millimetres. Administrative divisions Xixiu District administers 8 subdistricts, 10 towns, 2 townships, and 5 ethnic townships. Subdistricts The district's 8 subdistricts are , , , , , Huaxi Subdistrict, , and Xin'an Subdistrict. Towns The district's 10 towns are , Yaopu, , , , , , , , and . Townships The district's 2 townships are and . Ethnic townships The district's 5 ethnic townships are , , , , and . Economy In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anshun
Anshun () is a prefecture-level city located in southwestern Guizhou province, southwest China, near the Huangguoshu Waterfall, the tallest in China. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,297,339. The city proper had a population of 765,313. Within the prefecture are attractions such as The Long Gong Dragon Caves and the Getu River. History During the Warring States Period, the area belonged to the independent kingdom of Yelang. The '' Records of the Grand Historian'' states that of all the independent kingdoms in the area, Yelang was the largest. The kingdom was located along Zangke River (now called Beipan River), and Nanpan River. Bamboo Worship, Cow Totems, bullfights and dogfights were the culture traditions of the Yelang Empire. In 111 BCE, Yelang was conquered by the Han Dynasty, and incorporated as . From 28 BCE to 25 BCE, an insurrection against Emperor Cheng called for the reinstatement of the Yelang Kingdom, but was crushed by Han forces. In the Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
