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Mienic Languages
The Mienic or Yao languages are spoken by the Yao people of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Some of the Yao peoples speak Hmongic languages (Miao); these are called '' Bunu''. A small population of Yao people in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County (金秀瑶族自治县) in eastern Guangxi speak a Tai-Kadai language called Lakkia. Other Yao peoples speak various Sinitic (Chinese) language varieties. Classification Mienic is one of the primary branches of the Hmong–Mien language family, with the other being Hmongic. Ratliff (2010) Martha Ratliff (2010:3) proposed the following classification:Ratliff, Martha. 2010. ''Hmong–Mien language history''. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics. *Mienic **Iu Mien, 840,000 speakers ** Kim Mun, 400,000 speakers ** Biao Min, 43,000 speakers ** Dzao Min, 60,000 speakers Strecker (1987) Strecker 1987,Strecker, David. 1987.The Hmong-Mien Languages" In ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'', 10 , no. 2: 1-11. followed (with the addit ... [...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 dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hmong–Mien Languages
The Hmong–Mien languages (also known as Miao–Yao and rarely as Yangtzean) are a highly tonal language family of southern China and northern Southeast Asia. They are spoken in mountainous areas of southern China, including Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi, and Hubei provinces; the speakers of these languages are predominantly "hill people", in contrast to the neighboring Han Chinese, who have settled the more fertile river valleys. Relationships Hmong (Miao) and Mien (Yao) are closely related, but clearly distinct. For internal classifications, see Hmongic languages and Mienic languages. The largest differences are due to divergent developments in their phonological systems. The Hmongic languages appear to have kept the large set of initial consonants featured in the protolanguage but greatly reduced the distinctions in the syllable finals, in particular losing all glides and stop codas. The Mienic languages, on the other hand, have largely preserved syllable finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hekou County
The Hekou Yao Autonomous County () is an autonomous county in the southern part of the Yunnan province of China. It is part of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and borders the northern Vietnamese city of Lào Cai. It was apparently known as Zhongcheng () during the Tang dynasty. Administrative divisions At present, Hekou Yao Autonomous County has 2 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;2 towns * Hekou () * Nanxi () ;3 townships * Laofanzhai () * Yaoshan () * Lianhuatan () ;1 ethnic township * Qiaotou Miao and Zhuang () Ethnic groups The ''Hekou County Gazetteer'' (1994) lists the following ethnic groups. *Yao **Hongtou Yao 红头谣 (autonyms: Mian 棉, Meng 孟, Dongban Heiyou 洞斑黑尤, meaning "Yao person") **Landian Yao 兰綻瑶 (autonyms: Xiu 秀, Xiumen 秀门, Men 门, Houmen 喉闷) **White Yao 白线瑶 (autonyms: Heiyou Meng 黑尤蒙, Gengmen 耿闷, Jingdi Men 敬底闷, meaning Mountain Top Yao person 山上瑶人 **Sha Yao 沙瑶 (autony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mengshan County
Mengshan County () is a County (People's Republic of China), county under the administration of Wuzhou City in northeastern Guangxi, China. Its seat is located in Mengshan Town. History Battles were fought in Mengshan during the Taiping Rebellion, Tai Ping Rebellion in 1851 and 1852. Taiping soldiers captured the walled city of Yongan()(now Mengshan Town) from Qing forces on September 25, 1851. The remains of sections of wall, replica cannons, other artifacts are preserved and now form a tourist attraction on the northern end of Mengshan Town. Administrative divisions Mengshan County has nine fourth-level administrative units: Six Rural Town of China, Towns, One Townships of the People's Republic of China, Townships and Two Yao people, Yao ethnic townships. Activities Tianshu Canyon () is located 5 kilometers east of Mengshan town. Tianshu Canyon has a has impressive stone formations and natural waterfalls. Located 13 kilometers east of Mengshan Town is San Chong Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ningyuan County
Ningyuan County () is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City. also see Located on the southern part of the province, the county is bordered to the north by Qiyang County, to the northeast by Xintian County, to the east by Jiahe County, to the southeast by Lanshan County, to the southwest by Jianghua and Dao Counties, to the northwest by Shuangpai County. Ningyuan County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 871,200 and a permanent resident population of 726,700.the population of Ningyuan County in 2015, according to the oyztj.gov.cn/ref> The county has 12 towns, four ethnic townships of Yao people and four subdistricts onyfcxx.com/ref> under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Shunling Shunling Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the county seat of Ningyuan County in Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinping Miao, Yao, And Dai Autonomous County
Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County () is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south. Jinping is home to the Red-headed Yao () minority group who wear a pointed red hat on their heads after they get married. Administrative divisions Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County has 4 towns 8 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;4 towns ;8 townships ;1 ethnic township * Zhemi Lahu () Ethnic groups The ''Jinping County Gazetteer'' (1994:113-132) lists the following ethnic groups. *Miao **Black Miao () / Mengba 蒙吧 / Mengshi 蒙施 **Qingshui Miao () / Mengnengcha 蒙能差; exonym: Mengbu 蒙补 / Mengbei 蒙背 **Flowery Miao () / Meng Leng 蒙冷 **Piantou Miao () / Meng Shua 蒙刷; exonym: Chinese Miao 汉苗 (least populous Miao subgroup) **White Miao () / Mengdou 蒙逗 * Yao **Yu Mian (): Red-Headed Yao 红头瑶 **Men 门: Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶, Pingtou Yao 平头瑶, Sha Yao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jianghua County
Jianghua ( "''Jianghua Yao Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Jianghua County''", ) is an autonomous county of Yao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou Prefecture-level City. Located on the southernmost margin of the province, it lies to the west of the border with Guangxi, and the north of the border with Guangdong. The county is bordered to the north by Dao and Ningyuan Counties, to the northeast by Lanshan County, to the east by Lianzhou City, Liannan and Lianshan Counties of Guangdong, to the south by Babu and Pinggui Districts of Hezhou City and Zhongshan County of Guangxi, to the west by Fuchuan County of Guangxi and Jiangyong County. Jianghua County covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 521,400 and a resident population of 429,100.the population of Jianghua County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jianghua County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruyuan County
Ruyuan ( postal: Yuyuan; ), officially Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, is a county of northern Guangdong province, China, with a small border with Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of Shaoguan Shaoguan (; Hakka: Seukoan) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province (Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch H ... City. Climate References External links County-level divisions of Guangdong Shaoguan Yao autonomous counties {{Guangdong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rongjiang County
Rongjiang County () is a county in southeastern Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Administration Rongjiang County is divided into 9 towns and 4 townships and 6 Ethnic townships An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, .... Guzhou Town is the county seat which houses Rongjiang County Government and Rongjiang County Council. *Towns: Guzhou (), Zhongcheng (), Zhaihao (), Pingyong (), Leli (), Langdong (), Zaima (), Pingjiang (), Bakai () *Townships: Congyi (), Pingyang (), Liangwang (), Jihua () *Ethnic Townships (all for the Sui people except Tashi): Renli (), Sanjiang (), Dingwei (), Xinghua (), Shuiwei (), Tashi Yao and Sui () A 2019 video clip of three young girls in Rongjiang county's Jiatui vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinxiu County
Jinxiu (; za, italic=yes, Ginhsiu) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China, located in an area of relatively high concentrations of the Yao people. It is administered as the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County of Laibin City. Established in 1952, with the name of Dayaoshan Autonomous Zone, in 1966, it was renamed as Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County. It has an area of , much of it mountainous, and a population in 2004 of approximately 150,000. Administrative divisions The county administers 3 towns and 7 townships: Towns: * Jinxiu (), Tongmu (), Toupai () Townships: *Sanjiao Township (), Zhongliang Township (), Luoxiang Township (), Changdong Township (), Dazhang Township (), Liuxiang Township (), Sanjiang Township () Ethnic groups Practically isolated from the outside world until the 1930s, Jinxiu was inhabited by five different branches of Yao: Chashan 茶山, Ao 坳, Hualan 花蓝, Pan 盘, and Shanzi 山子. The first three branches (Chashan 茶山, Ao 坳, Hualan 花蓝) were cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guanyang County
Guanyang County (; Zhuang language: ) is a county in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, bordering Hunan province to the east. It is under the administration of Guilin city. Yao people Yao ethnic subgroups and dialect areas of Guanyang County are:http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?seachword=&K=c&A=80&rec=326&run=13 *Pan Yao 盘瑶 **Iu Mien 优勉, Guoshan Yao 过山瑶 ***Dahejiang 大河江, Yezhudian 野猪殿, and Baoliang 保良 of Dongjing 洞井 ***Xiaohejiang 小河江 of Dongjing 洞井, Panjiang 盘江 of Guanyin'ge 观音阁 ***Doushui 陡水, Dazhushan 大竹山, and Shunxi 顺溪 of Huanguan 黄关 ** Biao Min ***''Dialect area 1'' ****Hongqi Township 红旗乡: Wenhua 文化, Xiufeng 秀凤, Shangwang 上王, Helong 鹤龙 ****Xinyu Township 新圩乡: Hongshuiqing 洪水箐, Guiyang 贵阳 ****Shuiche Township 水车乡: Shangpao 上泡, Xiapao 下泡, Dongliu 东流, Hecheng 合成, Sanhuang 三皇, Xiumu 修睦 ***''Dialect area 2'' ****Jian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longsheng County
Longsheng Various Nationalities (Gezu) Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; za, Lungzhingz Gakcuz Swciyen; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China, bordering Hunan Province to the north. It is under the administration of Guilin City. The county covers , and as of 2019 it had a census registered population of 186,000. The county has six towns and four townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is the town of Longsheng. Administrative divisions As of 2020, Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County has six towns and four townships under its jurisdiction. The county seat is Longsheng Town. Geography Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County is located in northeastern Guangxi. Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County shares a border with Rong'an County and Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County to the southwest, Tongdao Dong Autonomous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
