A-Hmao, also known as Big Flowery Miao (), are a Hmongic ethnic group in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. They are from

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

and

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

and also live in

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. The number of persons within this group likely exceeds 400,000. They are speakers of the

A-Hmao language The A-Hmao (or Ahmao) language, also known as Large Flowery Miao ( zh, 大花苗, p=Dà Huā Miáo), Hua Miao, or Northeast Yunnan Miao (), is a Hmongic language spoken in China. It is the language the Pollard script was designed for, and displays ...

, which belongs to the Hmong family.

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