A-Hmao language

A-Hmao
Large Flowery Miao
ad Hmaob lul, A-hmaos
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou, Yunnan
EthnicityA-Hmao
Native speakers
(300,000 cited 1995)[1]
Latin, Pollard
Language codes
ISO 639-3hmd
Glottologlarg1235

The A-Hmao language, also known as Large Flowery Miao (Chinese: 大花苗) or Northeast Yunnan Miao (Chinese: 苗语滇东北方言; pinyin: Miáoyǔ Diàndōngběi fāngyán), is a Hmongic language spoken in China. It is the language the Pollard script was designed for,[2][3] and displays extensive tone sandhi.[4] There is a high degree of literacy in Pollard among the older generation.

The standard written language, both in Pollard and in Latin script, is that of Shíménkǎn (石门坎) village in Weining County.

  1. ^ A-Hmao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Smalley, William A.; Vang, Chia Koua; Yang, Gnia Yee (1990). Mother of Writing: The Origin and Development of a Hmong Messianic Script. University of Chicago Press.
  3. ^ Duffy, John (2007). Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community. University of Hawaii Press.
  4. ^ Mortensen, David. 2005. "A-Hmao Echo Reduplication as Evidence for Abstract Phonological Scales". LSA Annual Meeting