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Ná-Meo Language
Ná-Meo (Vietnamese: ''Na Miểu''; autonym: 'Hsiu (2015)) is a language of northern Vietnam, spoken by the Mieu people. Nguyen (2007) believes Na Meo may be a Hmongic language closest to Qiandong Miao. Classification According to Andrew Hsiu (2015), Na Meo is most closely related to the Guncen 滚岑 and Zhenmin 振民 dialects of (ISO 639-3: ''hms''), which are spoken in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, northern Guangxi Province, China. This is evidenced by the sound change Proto-Hmong–Mien *-ɛŋ > Proto-Na Meo-Guncen-Zhenmin *-a. Distribution The following locations are reported in ''Ethnologue''. *Khánh Long Commune, Tràng Định District, northwestern Lạng Sơn Province **Khuổi Phu Dao village * Cao Minh Commune *Ca Liec village, Thạch An District, Cao Bằng Province Nguyen (2007:31) reports the following additional locations. *Khuổi Giảo village, Cao Minh Commune, Tràng Định District, Lạng Sơn Province *Cai Liệng village, Thúy Hùng C ...
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Vietnam
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Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages. It was first issued in 1951, and is now published by SIL International, an American Christian non-profit organization. Overview and content ''Ethnologue'' has been published by SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization with an international office in Dallas, Texas. The organization studies numerous minority languages to facilitate language development, and to work with speakers of such language communities in translating portions of the Bible into their languages. Despite the Christian orientation of its publisher, ''Ethnologue'' isn't ideologically or theologically biased. ''Ethnologue'' includes alternative names and autonyms, the ...
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Na Rì District
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Cao Bằng Province
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Cao Minh, Lạng Sơn
Cao Minh (xã Cao Minh) is a commune in Tràng Định District, Lạng Sơn Province, Vietnam. Cao Minh borders Bắc Kạn Province to the west, and the communes Đoàn Kết and Tân Tiến to the northeast and south. Its administrative center is at Vàng Can. Cao Minh has a population of 1109 (1997) in 8 villages. 64% of the population are Mieu (officially a subgroup of the Hmong) and most of the rest Yao and Tay Tay may refer to: People and languages * Tay (name), including lists of people with the given name, surname and nickname * Tay people, an ethnic group of Vietnam ** Tày language *Atayal language, an Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan (ISO 639 ..., with a very small Nung minority.Trang Dinh District's Board of Fixed Cultivation and Settlement 1997: p. 13, cited in Nguyen Van Thang (2007), Ambiguity of Identity: p. 3 The 8 villages of Cao Minh Commune are as follows (Nguyen 2007:3). *Vàng Can *Khuổi Vai *Khuổi Lài (ethnically mixed village) *Khuổi ...
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