Cao Miao language

Cao Miao
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou, Hunan, Guangxi
Native speakers
64,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cov
Glottologcaom1238

Cao Miao (Chinese: 草苗; autonym: mjiu55 ɲaŋ33[2]) is a variety of Dong (Kam) according to Shi Lin (2012).[3] Dialects include Liushi ("Sixty") Miao 六十苗, Sishi ("Forty") Miao 四十苗, and Ershi ("Twenty") Miao 二十苗 (also known as Flowery Miao 花苗). The Flowery Miao 花苗 do not consider themselves to be Cao Miao 草苗, although their language is similar to Sixty Miao and Forty Miao (Shi 2012).

  1. ^ Cao Miao at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Shi (2015:1)
  3. ^ Shi Lin [石林] (2012). The Cao Miao language of three provinces and its relationship to Dong[permanent dead link] [三省坡草苗的语言及其与侗语的关系]. In Minzu Yuwen [民族语文] 2012, no. 4. Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy [中国社会科学院].