1. Xiangxi Miao language: wel jangx mongx
2. Qiandong Miao language: wil gangb mongx
3. Hmong language: nyaf gaox
Miao language belongs to the branch of Miao Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. In the early 1950s, the second research group of minority languages survey of China Academy of Sciences, through field investigation, scientifically studied the word formation of Miao languages in various places and divided them into three dialects.
Namely: Xiangxi dialect, Guizhou Oriental dialect, Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan dialect (also known as eastern dialect, central dialect and western dialect), seven sub-dialects and eighteen dialects.
Extended data
Miao people used to have no written language. At the beginning of this century, English Poles, Han intellectuals Yang Jacob, Zhang Wu and Li Steven who preached in Shimenkan, Weining, northwest Guizhou, jointly used some Latin letters and some note symbols.
Based on the pronunciation of the Miao people in Shimenkan, a phonetic symbol called "Miao Wen, the Latin alphabet of Poland" (commonly known as "Old Miao Wen") was created, which was used to translate the Christian Bible, write textbooks and record Miao folk stories, poems and notes.
In the 1940s, some Miao people who spoke the northeast sub-dialect of Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan dialect moved and settled in Xinchi Village, Xiyahe Township, and introduced the "Baoli letter Miao Wen" into Ziyun, which is still in common use today. Moreover, Xinchi Primary School uses this word and Chinese characters for bilingual teaching.
In the 1950s, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the people's government, a large number of linguists including Miao scholars were trained, the national Miao language was investigated and studied, "Old Miao Wen" was reformed, and Miao Wen, the Latin phonetic alphabet of three regional dialects, was created. However, due to the complexity of some branches in the Miao nationality and the great language differences, it is extremely difficult to unify them.
Baidu encyclopedia-Miao language