The Ge or Gejia language (), also known as Chong'anjiang Miao (), is a West Hmongic language of

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. Administrative divisions Huangping County is divided into 8 town ...

, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled ''Mhong'', though it shares this with Huishui Miao; it is pronounced , as in the

Hmong language Hmong or Mong ( ; Romanized Popular Alphabet, RPA: , Chữ Hmông Việt, CHV: ''Hmôngz'', Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, Nyiakeng Puachue: , Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong p ...

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

Hmu language The Hmu language (''hveb Hmub''), also known as Qiandong Miao (黔东, Eastern Guizhou Miao), Central Miao (中部苗语), East Hmongic (Ratliff 2010), or (somewhat ambiguously) Black Miao, is a dialect cluster of Hmongic languages of China. The ...

(Qiandong Miao 黔东苗语) area. Dongjia, spoken nearby in

Majiang County Majiang County () is a county of southeast-central Guizhou province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large populat ...

, is closely related to Gejia.

Distribution

Sun (2017) lists the following locations for Chong'anjiang Miao, and gives a speaker population estimate of 40,000. *

: Fengtang 枫塘, Chongxin 重新, Chongren 崇仁, etc. *

Kaili City Kaili (, Hmu language, Hmu: ) is a county-level city and the prefecture seat of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in southeastern Guizhou province, China. It is the center of Miao people, Miao culture, hosting more than 120 festiva ...

: Longchang 龙场, Ganba 甘坝, Longshan 龙山, Longchang 隆昌, Bibo 碧波, etc.

References

External links

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