Biao Mon (autonym: ')
[Mao Zongwu 宗武 2004. ''A study of Mien dialects'' 'Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu'' 瑤族勉语方言研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 族出版社] is a
Mienic language
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 Cou ...
of
Guangxi province, China. It is spoken in
Lipu,
Mengshan
Mengshan County () is a 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 Tai Ping Rebellion in 1851 and 1852.
Taiping soldie ...
,
Pingle, and
Zhaoping counties in Guangxi, China.
Biao Mon is not to be confused with
Biao Min, a different Mienic language spoken to the north in
Quanzhou and
Gongcheng counties of Guangxi. Also, despite sometimes being referred to as "Mien," Biao Mon is not a variety of
Iu Mien
The Iu Mien language ( ium, Iu Mienh, ; zh, 勉語 or ; th, ภาษาอิวเมี่ยน) is the language spoken by the Iu Mien people in China (where they are considered a constituent group of the Yao peoples), Laos, Vietnam, Th ...
and is distinct from it.
Names
Alternative names for Biao Mon include (''Ethnologue''):
*Biao Mien
*Biao-Mian 标勉
*Biaoman 标曼
*Changping 长坪
Biao Mon is referred to by Luang-Thongkum (1993) as Muen.
[Luang-Thongkum, Theraphan. 1993]
A view on Proto-Mjuenic (Yao)
''Mon-Khmer Studies'' 22:163-230.
Varieties
Mao (2004) provides extensive documentation of the Biao Mon variety of Dongpingdong village 东坪垌村, Changping township 长坪乡,
Mengshan County
Mengshan County () is a 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 Tai Ping Rebellion in 1851 and 1852.
Taiping soldie ...
蒙山县, Guangxi.
"Biao Man 标曼" (') of Liuchong 六冲, Qiaoting Township 桥亭乡,
Pingle County
Pingle County (; za, Bingzloz Yen) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin
Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northea ...
平乐县, Guangxi is documented by Tang (1994); another "Biao Man 标曼" dialect is spoken in Dongpingdong 东坪洞 (Tang 1994).
[Tang Yongliang 唐永亮. 1994. Yaozu Mianyu Liuchong Biaomanhua yuyin tedian he shengdiao shiyan yanjiu 瑶族勉语六冲标曼话语音特点和声调实验研究. ''Minzu Yuwen'' 1994:5.]
Luoxiang 罗香 (Ao Biao 坳标), a Mienic language variety of
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 ...
,
Guangxi, is closely related to Biao Mon but is distinct from it.
References
Sources
*Mao Zongwu
宗武 2004. ''A study of Mien dialects''
'Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu'' 瑤族勉语方言研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House
族出版社
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Hmong–Mien languages
Languages of China