Xixiu Miao () is a small

Miao language 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 (Unicod ...

of China that is closely related to Hmong: Hmong,

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 Popul ...

, and Xixiu are listed as the three local dialects of the Chuanqiandian Cluster of the

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 ...

. There are only 300 speakers, in the Xixiu District of

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 o ...

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