The Ge or Gejia language (), also known as Chong'anjiang Miao 重安江苗语, is a

Miao language Miao may refer to: * Miao people, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or Pollard script, writing system used for Miao languages * Miao (Unicode ...

Huangping County Huangping County (; Hmu: ''Wangx Zangx'') is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (; Hmu language: ...

, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled ''Mhong'', though it shares this with

Huishui Miao Huishui Miao, a.k.a. Huishui Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Huishui County, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is ''Mhong'', though it shares this with Gejia and it is simply a variant spellin ...

; it is pronounced , as in the

Hmong language Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand ...

. When speaking Chinese, they call themselves ''Gédōu''. Gejia is spoken in eastern Guizhou, in speech islands within the area of the

Hmu language The Hmu language (''hveb Hmub''), also known as Qiandong Miao (黔东, Eastern Guizhou Miao), Central Miao, East Hmongic, or (somewhat ambiguously) Black Miao, is a dialect cluster of Hmongic languages of China. The best studied dialect is that ...

, which includes the standard dialect.

Dongjia

The Dongjia (东家) language of

Majiang County Majiang County () is a county of southeast-central Guizhou province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (; Hmu language: ''Qee ...

, Guizhou is closely related to Gejia. The Dongjia people are officially classified as

She She most commonly refers to: *She (pronoun), the third person singular, feminine, nominative case pronoun in modern English. She or S.H.E. may also refer to: Literature and films *'' She: A History of Adventure'', an 1887 novel by H. Rider Hagga ...

, but speak a

West Hmongic The West Hmongic languages, also known as Chuanqiandian Miao (川黔滇苗: Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western ...

language. Their autonym is ''Gameng'' (嘎孟), while the neighboring Raojia people call them ''Gadou'' (嘎斗). The Dongjia people of Liubao (六堡村), Xingshan Township (杏山镇), Majiang County was studied by Dong Bo (2008). Chen Xueyu (2011) considers Gejia and Dongjia to form two dialects of Chong'anjiang Miao, which belongs to the

Chuanqiandian Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, ...

branch.

References

Works cited

* http://www.docin.com/p-467133563.html *

External links

Changanjiang Miao numerals
West Hmongic languages Languages of China {{HmongMien-lang-stub