Guiyang Miao language
Guiyang Miao, also known as Guiyang Hmong, is a Miao language of China. It is named after Guiyang County, Guizhou, though not all varieties are spoken there. The endonym is "Hmong", a name it shares with the Hmong language. Classification. Guiyang was given as a subgroup of Western Hmongic in Wang (1985). Matisoff (2001) separated the three varieties as distinct Miao languages, not forming a group. Wang (1994) adds another two minor, previously unclassified varieties. Mo Piu, spoken in northern Vietnam, may be a divergent variety of Guiyang Miao. Representative dialects of Guiyang Miao include: Guiyang Miao